Treatment of toxoplasmosis during pregnancy: A multicenter study of impact on fetal transmission and children's sequelae at age 1 year

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 180, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 410-415

  Foulon, W ^a   Villena, I ^a   Stray Pedersen, B ^a   Decoster, A ^a   Lappalainen, M ^a   Pinon, J M ^a   Jenum, P A ^a   Hedman, K ^a   Naessens, A ^a  

^a Academisch Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Pregnancy outcome; Toxoplasma gondii; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CORDOCENTESIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032941380     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70224-3     Document Type: Article

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