Congenital toxoplasmosis: Necessity of clinical and ultrasound follow-up despite negative amniocentesis [2]

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1098-1099

  Villena, Isabelle ^a   Bory, Jean Paul ^b   Chemla, Cathy ^a   Hornoy, Patricia ^c   Pinon, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b Serv Gynecol Obstet Hop M   (France)

^c HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SPIRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0345827667     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.754     Document Type: Letter

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