The assessment of IgG avidity in the evaluation of perinatal herpes simplex virus infection

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 669-671

  Odièvre, Marie Hélène ^a   Cointe, Denis ^a   Thébaud, Bernard ^a   Zupan, Véronique ^a   Ingrand, Didier ^a   Lacaze Masmonteil, Thierry ^a   Grangeost Keros, Liliane ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INFECTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0036968723     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210781     Document Type: Article

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