Treatment of symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection with valganciclovir

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 364-366

  Jansen, Caroline F Meine ^a   Toet, Mona C ^a   Rademaker, Carin M A ^a   Ververs, Tessa F F ^a   Gerards, Leo J ^a   Van Loon, Anton M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital CMV; Neonate; SNHL; Valganciclovir; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VALGANCICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GANCICLOVIR; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 23944496654     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2005.065     Document Type: Article

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