Fetal Infections and Brain Development

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 639-653

  Bale Jr , James F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Cytomegalovirus; Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; Rubella; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BENZNIDAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; NIFURTIMOX; PENICILLIN G; PYRIMETHAMINE SULFADIAZINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EPILEPSY; FETUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA CRUZI; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMA PALLIDUM; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RUBELLA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 69349085713     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2009.06.005     Document Type: Review

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