Visual impairment and deafness in young children: Consider the diagnosis of congenital infection with cytomegalovirus, even years after birth

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 743-

  Andriesse, Gunnar I ^a   Weersink, Annemarie J L ^b   De Boer, Joke ^b  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33646484217     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.5.743     Document Type: Article

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