Hearing defects in children born of mothers suffering from rubella in the first trimester of pregnancy

Authors
Niedzielska, G Katska, E Szymula, D
Citation
G. Niedzielska et al., Hearing defects in children born of mothers suffering from rubella in the first trimester of pregnancy, INT J PED O, 54(1), 2000, pp. 1-5
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Otolaryngology
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
ISSN journal
01655876 → ACNP
Volume
54
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1 - 5
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-5876(20000811)54:1<1:HDICBO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The investigations concerned women that had suffered from symptomatic rubel la in the first trimester of pregnancy. The presence of immunoglobulin G an d immunoglobulin M antibodies in mothers and their children was detected, a nd the hearing organ was examined. In early childhood (up to 3 years of age ), hearing loss was confirmed in 50% of the children born of mothers with r ubella. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.