Materno-fetal Toxoplasma gondii infection: Critical review of available diagnostic methods

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-32

  Di Carlo, Paola ^a   Romano, Amelia ^b   Schimmenti, Maria Gabriella ^b   Mazzola, Angela ^b   Titone, Lucina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Civic Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PYRIMETHAMINE; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE;

CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 42049107255     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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