Intrauterine infections: A literature review

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 250-253

  França, Cristiane Miranda ^a,c   Mugayar, Leda R F ^b  

^a IBIRAPUERA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Fetus; Herpesviruses; Oral; Pregnant; Rubella; Syphilis; TORCH; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MEDICAL CARE; MICROORGANISM; MORBIDITY; MOUTH DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 11844270473     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2004.tb01701.x     Document Type: Review

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