Diagnostic value of reverse transcription-PCR of amniotic fluid for prenatal diagnosis of congenital rubella infection in pregnant women with confirmed primary rubella infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4818-4820

  Macé, Muriel ^a   Cointe, Denis ^a   Six, Caroline ^b   Levy Bruhl, Daniel ^b   Du Châtelet, Isabelle Parent ^b   Ingrand, Didier ^a   Grangeot Keros, Liliane ^a  

^a Serv Microbiologie Immunol Biol   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

RNA VIRUSES; RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 5444238319     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4818-4820.2004     Document Type: Article

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