Screening newborns for congenital cytomegalovirus infection

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-

  De Vries, Jutte J C ^a   Vossen, Ann C T M ^a   Kroes, Aloys C M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954970126     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1023     Document Type: Letter

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