Cytomegalovirus in pregnancy: to screen or not to screen
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Cytomegalovirus in pregnancy: to screen or not to screen
BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is now the commonest congenital form of infective neurological handicap, recognized by the Institute of Medicine as the leading priority for the developed world in congenital infection. In the absence of an effective vaccine, universal screening for CMV in pregnancy has been proposed, in order that primary infection could be diagnosed and- potentially-...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1471-2393
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-96