TORCH screening in polyhydramnios: An observational study

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1069-1072

  Fayyaz, Humera ^a   Rafi, Junaid ^a  

^a SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus (CMV); Polyhydramnios; TORCH

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; CHOLESTASIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TORCH SCREENING; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBELLA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 84862898509     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.622002     Document Type: Review

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