999The Role of Quantitative Blood PCR in the Management of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
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Cytomegalovirus Infection Dorothée Leduc, MD, FRCPC; Céline Rousseau, MD; Brigitte Malette, PhD; Bruce Tapiero, MD; Valérie Lamarre, MD; Fatima Kakkar, MD, MPH; Infectious Diseases, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, CHU Sainte-Justine – University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Molecular Virology and Serology, CHU SainteJustine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, CHU Sainte-Justine – University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Infectious Diseases, CHU SainteJustine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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