Routine screening for CMV in pregnancy: Opening the pandora box?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 395-397

  Schlesinger, Yechiel ^a,b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Immunoglobulin G antibodies; Preconception screening; Pregnancy; Screening

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SEROLOGY;

AMNIOCENTESIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 34249701850     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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