Cytomegalovirus and EpsteinBarr virus may be associated with some cases of cerebral palsy

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2078-2081

  McMichael, Gai ^a   MacLennan, Alastair ^a   Gibson, Catherine ^a   Alvino, Emily ^a   Goldwater, Paul ^b   Haan, Eric ^b   Dekker, Gustaaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Cytomegalovirus; EpsteinBarr virus; Newborn screening cards

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SCREENING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; GENETICS; NEWBORN; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866403842     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.666587     Document Type: Article

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