Rubella infection in pregnancy

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 390-398

  Santis, M De ^a   Cavaliere, A F ^a   Straface, G ^a   Caruso, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Fetal infections; Preconceptional vaccination; Prenatal diagnosis; Rubella virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVE VACCINE; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; IMMUNITY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VIRUS; VACCINATION;

RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 33645892280     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2005.01.014     Document Type: Review

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