Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: Patterns of fetal brain damage

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Gabrielli, L ^a   Bonasoni, M P ^b   Santini, D ^a   Piccirilli, G ^a   Chiereghin, A ^a   Petrisli, E ^a   Dolcetti, R ^c   Guerra, B ^a   Piccioli, M ^a   Lanari, M ^d   Landini, M P ^a   Lazzarotto, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Hospital S Maria Nuova   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d Paediatric Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Congenital infection; Cytomegalovirus; Fetal hypoxia; Inflammatory response

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NECROSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY; ULTRASOUND; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

EID: 84866178364     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03983.x     Document Type: Article

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