Is fetal gender a risk factor for severe congenital cytomegalovirus infection?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-38

  Picone, Olivier ^a   Costa, Jean Marc ^b   Dejean, Anne ^a   Ville, Yves ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^b AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Brain lesions; CMV; Fetal gender; Prognosis; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BRAIN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VIRAL LOAD;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

EID: 13244281840     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.944     Document Type: Article

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