Identification of women at unsuspected risk of primary infection with herpes simplex virus type 2 during pregnancy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 326, Issue 14, 1992, Pages 916-920

  Kulhanjian, Julie A ^a   Soroush, Vista ^a   au, Deborah S ^a   Bronzan, Rachel N ^a   Yasukawa, Linda L ^a   Weylman, Laura E ^a   Arvin, Ann M ^a   Prober, Charles G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOSPONDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0026574221     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199204023261403     Document Type: Article

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