Congenital cytomegalovirus: Association between dried blood spot viral load and hearing loss

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Walter, S ^a,c   Atkinson, C ^b   Sharland, M ^a   Rice, P ^a   Raglan, E ^a   Emery, V C ^b   Griffiths, P D ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLOOD STAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 47849089145     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.119230     Document Type: Article

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