Prenatal diagnosis of congenital varicella syndrome and detection of varicella-zoster virus in the fetus: A case report

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-166

  Hartung, John ^a   Enders, Gisela ^b   Chaoui, Rabih ^a   Arents, Annette ^b   Tennstedt, Cornelia ^a   Bollmann, Rainer ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institut für Virologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital varicella syndrome; Polymerase chain reaction; Pregnancy; Varicella

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; DNA DETERMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS BLOOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; VARICELLA SYNDROME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033034952     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199902)19:2<163::AID-PD483>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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