Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: Audiologic Outcome
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Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: audiologic outcome.
The association between congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) was first described almost 50 years ago. Studies over the intervening decades have further described the relationship between congenital CMV infection and SNHL in children. However, congenital CMV infection remains a leading cause of SNHL in children in the United States and the world today....
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1537-6591,1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit609