Second trimester fetal death caused by varicella-zoster virus infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 935-938

  Tanimura, Kenji ^a   Kojima, Nobue ^a   Yamazaki, Takashi ^a   Semba, Shuho ^a   Yokozaki, Hiroshi ^a   Yamada, Hideto ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intrauterine fetal death; Pregnancy; Transplacental infection; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYDROPS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATOMEGALY; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; EDEMA; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEPATOMEGALY; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 84875664889     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23531     Document Type: Article

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