Urine polymerase chain reaction as a screening tool for the detection of congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Schlesinger, Y ^a   Halle, D ^a   Eidelman, A I ^a   Reich, D ^a   Dayan, D ^a   Rudensky, B ^a   Raveh, D ^a   Branski, D ^a   Kaplan, M ^a   Shefer, V ^b   Miron, D ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0041760852     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.88.5.f371     Document Type: Article

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