Cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy: A still complicated diagnostic problem

Intervirology

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 149-157

  Lazzarotto, T ^a   Spezzacatena, P ^a   Pradelli, P ^a   Abate, D A ^a   Gabrielli, L ^a   Varani, S ^a   Landini, M P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AMNION FLUID; BINDING AFFINITY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 0032448203     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024929     Document Type: Review

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