Cranial Ultrasound Scanning and Prediction of Outcome in Newborns with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-161

  Ancora, Gina ^a,b   Lanari, Marcello ^a,b   Lazzarotto, Tiziana ^a,b   Venturi, Valentina ^a,b   Tridapalli, Elisabetta ^a,b   Sandri, Fabrizio ^a,b   Menarini, Maddalena ^a,b   Ferretti, Emanuela ^a,b   Faldella, Giacomo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PETECHIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STRABISMUS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DISEASES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33846210493     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.11.032     Document Type: Article

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