Not a new leukodystrophy but congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 525-527

  Tatli, Burak ^a,d   Ozmen, Meral ^a   Aydinli, Nur ^a   Caliskan, Mine ^a   Wertheim van Dillen, Pauline M ^b   van der Knaap, Marjo S ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY;

EID: 22544483532     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738050200061101     Document Type: Article

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