Detection of cytomegalovirus in preserved umbilical cord from a boy with autistic disorder

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 304-307

  Kawatani, Masao ^a   Nakai, Akio ^a   Okuno, Takashi ^a   Kobata, Ritsuyo ^a   Moriuchi, Masako ^b   Moriuchi, Hiroyuki ^b   Tsukahara, Hirokazu ^a   Mayumi, Mitsufumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Congenital infection; Cytomegalovirus; Polymerase chain reaction; Preserved umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONVULSION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACHYGYRIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; UMBILICAL CORD; VIRUS DETECTION; COMPLICATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 77950294235     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03027.x     Document Type: Article

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