Congenital Varicella syndrome: Still a problem?

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-229

  Auriti, Cinzia ^a   Piersigilli, Fiammetta ^a   De Gasperis, Marco Rossi ^a   Seganti, Giulio ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chickenpox; Congenital varicella syndrome; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LIMB DEFORMITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GYRATE ATROPHY; SKIN APLASIA; SKIN DEFECT; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 66149141427     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000220602     Document Type: Article

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