Primary maternal cytomegalovirus infections during pregnancy: Association of CMV hyperimmune globulin with gestational age at birth and birth weight

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 168-171

  Nigro, Giovanni ^a   Capretti, Ilaria ^a   Manganello, Anne Marie ^b   Best, Al M ^c   Adler, Stuart P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Immunoglobulin; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; ITALY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FETAL DISEASES; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920050921     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2014.907265     Document Type: Article

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