Congenital CMV infection: A common cause of childhood disability

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 403-

  Mejaški Bošnjak, Vlatka ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISORDER;

BRAIN; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISABLED CHILDREN; DNA, VIRAL; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 43949103439     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.00403.x     Document Type: Editorial

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