Retrospective Diagnosis of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Using Umbilical Cord

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 415-416

  Ikeda, Syuzo ^a   Tsuru, Akira ^a   Moriuchi, Masako ^b   Moriuchi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DESICCATION; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 33646134116     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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