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Rubella in Sub-Saharan Africa and sensorineural hearing loss: a case control study

BACKGROUND: Rubella infection can affect several organs and cause birth defects that are responsible for congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). Congenital hearing loss is the most common symptom of this syndrome, occurring in approximately 60% of CRS cases. Worldwide, over 100 000 babies are born with C...

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Autores principales: Caroça, Cristina, Vicente, Vera, Campelo, Paula, Chasqueira, Maria, Caria, Helena, Silva, Susana, Paixão, Paulo, Paço, João
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5286841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28143602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4077-2