Fetal Outcome and Amniocentesis Results in Pregnancies Complicated by Varicella Infection

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 720-724

  Weisz, Boaz ^a,d   Book, Mazal ^b,d   Lipitz, Shlomo ^a,d   Katorza, Eldad ^a,d   Achiron, Reuven ^a,d   Grossman, Zehava ^b,d   Shrim, Alon ^c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; Pregnancy; Primary varicella zoster virus; VZV

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CLONAZEPAM; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; APGAR SCORE; ARRESTED CERVICAL DILATATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CELL CULTURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; LABOR COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PLACENTA PREVIA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PYLORUS STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; UTERINE SCAR; UTERUS DISEASE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VIRUS ISOLATION; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 82255180594     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34957-X     Document Type: Article

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