Retrospective diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection and cortical maldevelopment

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 710-712

  Zucca, Claudio ^a   Binda, S ^d   Borgatti, R ^a   Triulzi, F ^b   Radice, L ^a   Butte C ^a   Barkhaus, P E ^c   Barbi, M ^d  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0041834591     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.61.5.710     Document Type: Article

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