Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis, follow-up, and outcome of congenital varicella syndrome

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 296-301

  Meyberg Solomayer, G C ^a   Fehm, T ^a   Muller Hansen I ^a   Enders, G ^b   Poets, C ^a   Wallwiener, D ^a   Solomayer, E F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Labor Prof Enders und Partner   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Fetal infection; Prenatal ultrasound; Varicella syndrome

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; JOINT EFFUSION; LIMB DEFECT; LIVER DISEASE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CHICKENPOX; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33645686667     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091360     Document Type: Article

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