Intracranial ultrasound abnormalities and fetal cytomegalovirus infection: Report of 8 cases and review of the literature

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-149

  Dogan, Y ^a   Yuksel, A ^a   Kalelioglu, I H ^a   Has, R ^a   Tatli, B ^a   Yildirim, A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid sampling; Congenital infections; Cytomegalovirus; Maternal serology; Polymerase chain reaction; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AGYRIA; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; AUTISM; BIOMETRY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CARDIOMEGALY; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIOMETRY; CALCINOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LISSENCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; SKULL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 80053340716     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330636     Document Type: Review

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