A case of congenital lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection revealed by hydrops fetalis

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 626-627

  Meritet, J F ^a   Krivine, A ^a   Lewin, F ^a   Poissonnier, M H ^a   Poizat, R ^b   Loget, P ^c   Rozenberg, F ^a,b,c,d   Lebon, P ^a,b,c,d  

^a Saint Vincent de Paul APHP ^*  (France)

^b Clinique du Tertre Rouge   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrops fetalis; Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus variant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANEMIA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS HYDROPS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MATERNAL SERUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS;

EID: 67049132760     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2240     Document Type: Article

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