Preconceptional immunity to cytomegalovirus and the risk of symptomatic congenital infection

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-201

  Shaamash, A H ^a,b   Mohamed, I S ^a   Hasan, M A ^a   Ibrahim, M A ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Congenital symptomatic infection; Cytomegalovirus; Preconceptional immunity

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0141615452     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(03)00158-9     Document Type: Article

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