Is routine TORCH screening warranted in neonates with lenticulostriate vasculopathy?

Neonatology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-278

  De Jong, E P ^a   Lopriore, E ^a   Vossen, A C T M ^a   Steggerda, S J ^a   Te Pas, A B ^a   Kroes, A C M ^a   Walther, F J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Cytomegalovirus; Herpes simplex virus; Lenticulostriate vasculopathy; Rubella; TORCH testing; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; INFANT; LENTICULOSTRIATE VASCULOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASOUND; URINE CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE;

ALGORITHMS; BASAL GANGLIA CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOTHERS; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; LILY SYMPTOMLESS VIRUS; RUBELLA; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 70350525096     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000255166     Document Type: Article

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