Effect on hearing of oral valganciclovir for asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-134

  Çiftdoǧan, Dilek Yilmaz ^a   Vardar, Fadil ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection; Valganciclovir

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEVER; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEWBORN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ULTRASOUND; VIRUS LOAD; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GANCICLOVIR; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 79953740292     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq050     Document Type: Article

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