High cytomegalovirus IgG avidity is a reliable indicator of past infection in patients with positive IgM detected during the first trimester of pregnancy

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-18

  Kanengisser Pines, Bibi ^a,b   Hazan, Yenon ^a,b   Pines, Guy ^a,b   Appelman, Zvi ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Avidity; Cytomegalovirus; Infection; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY;

EID: 58149092412     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2009.012     Document Type: Article

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