Fetal toxoplasmosis and negative amniocentesis: Necessity of an ultrasound follow-up

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 558-560

  Gay Andrieu, Françoise ^a   Marty, Pierre ^b   Pialat, Jean ^c   Sournies, Gilles ^d   De Laforte, Thierry Drier ^a   Peyron, François ^a  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^c Cabinet d'Anat et Cytol Pathol   (France)

^d Cabinet de Gynecologie Medicale   (France)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Fetal toxoplasmosis; PCR; Ultrasound follow up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0042767531     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.632     Document Type: Article

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