Routine TORCH screening is not warranted in neonates with subependymal cysts

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 203-207

  van der Weiden, S ^a   Steggerda, S J ^a   Te Pas, A B ^a   Vossen, A C T M ^a   Walther, F J ^a   Lopriore, E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Cranial ultrasound; Cytomegalovirus; Herpes simplex virus; Neonate; Rubella; Subependymal cysts; TORCH serologic testing; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYST; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SUBEPENDYMAL CYST; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URINE CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953289004     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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