Abstract
We report the case of a woman whose two consecutive pregnancies resulted in intrauterine
fetal death due to severe congenital cytomegalovirus infection. In both pregnancies,
congenital cytomegalovirus infection was prenatally diagnosed on the basis of detection
of cytomegalovirus DNA and specific IgM in cord blood. This case suggests that severe
congenital cytomegalovirus infection can occur even in seropositive healthy women.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
June 23,
2000
Received in revised form:
May 26,
2000
Received:
March 27,
2000
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© 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
