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“Targeted” Screening for Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-Related Hearing Loss: It’s Time for Universal CMV Screening in the NICU!

BACKGROUND: Congenital CMV infection is the leading cause of non-genetic sensorineural hearing loss in infancy. Antiviral therapy has been shown to improve hearing outcomes, and thus “targeted” CMV screening for newborns who do not pass the hearing screen has been recommended. Diagnosis of congenita...

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Autores principales: Medoro, Alexandra, Malhotra, Prashant, Shimamura, Masako, Hounam, Gina, Findlen, Ursula, Wozniak, Phillip, Foor, Nicholas, Adunka, Oliver, Sanchez, Pablo J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631306/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1852