Viral studies on amniotic fluid from fetuses with and without abnormalities detected by prenatal sonography

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 230-232

  Petrikovsky, Boris M ^a   Lipson, Steven M ^b   Kaplan, Mark H ^b  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Cytomegalovirus infections; Prenatal; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasonography; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ABNORMALITIES; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037399406     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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