Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in 94 placentae from infected women by polymerase chain reaction, in vivo, and in vitro cultures

Placenta

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 545-549

  Fricker Hidalgo, H ^a   Pelloux, H ^a   Racinet, C ^a   Grefenstette, I ^a   Bost Bru, C ^a   Goullier Fleuret, A ^a   Ambroise Thomas, P ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0031656803     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(98)91049-9     Document Type: Article

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