Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of congenital varicella infection - A case report

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1148-1151

  Hofmeyr, G J ^a   Moolla, S ^a   Lawrie, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Congenital infections; Dystrophic calcification; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CONGENITAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LIMB MALFORMATION; LUNG; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLACENTA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHICKENPOX; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; LUNG DISEASES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030476552     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199612)16:12<1148::AID-PD7>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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