Toxoplasmosis, parvovirus, and cytomegalovirus in pregnancy

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 709-720

  Feldman, Deborah M ^a   Timms, Diane ^a   Borgida, Adam F ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Diagnosis; Management; Parvovirus; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOLINIC ACID; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PYRIMETHAMINE; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CORDOCENTESIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HYDROPS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATERNAL BLOOD; MICROCEPHALY; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; STILLBIRTH; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; PARASITOLOGY; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL; VIROLOGY;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 77954809666     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2010.04.009     Document Type: Review

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