Incidence, clinical spectrum, and outcome of intrauterine infections in neonates

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 155-159

  Deorari, Ashok K ^a   Broor, S ^a   Maitreyi, R S ^a   Agarwal, D ^c   Kumar, H ^b   Paul, V K ^c   Singh, M ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEPATITIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREMATURITY; RUBELLA; TOXOPLASMA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0034080215     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.3.155     Document Type: Article

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