June 1, 2000

Prenatal diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection: prospective study of 237 pregnancies at risk

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Abstract

A reliable prenatal diagnosis of congenital CMV infection based on PCR on amniocentesis samples can be made after 21 weeks' pregnancy, after a 7-week interval between diagnosis of maternal infection and antenatal procedure. Ultrasound and nonspecific biologic parameters are not sufficient to identify all fetuses at risk of severe sequelae.

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Corinne Liesnard (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d9405534ded318bb68419d https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/s0029-7844(99)00657-2

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