The prevalence of congenital varicella syndrome after a maternal infection, but before 20 weeks of pregnancy: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 341-347

  Sanchez, Maria Angeles ^a   Bello Munoz, Juan Carlos ^a   Cebrecos, Isaac ^a   Sanz, Teresa Higueras ^a   Martinez, Juan Sagalá ^a   Moratonas, Elena Carreras ^a   Roura, Lluis Cabero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

chickenpox; Congenital varicella syndrome; embriopathy; polymerase chain reaction; varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VESICULAR RASH; VIRUS CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHICKENPOX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651457461     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.497567     Document Type: Article

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