The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 148, Issue 3 , Pages 332-336 , March 2006

Hearing loss in children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection born to mothers with preexisting immunity

Received 3 May 2005 ,Revised 5 August 2005 ,Accepted 1 September 2005.

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 Supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01 HD 10699), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (P01 AI43681, T32 AI052069), The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R01 DC02139) and the General Clinical Research Center (M01 R00032).

PII: S0022-3476(05)00849-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.09.003

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 148, Issue 3 , Pages 332-336 , March 2006

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