TY - JOUR
T1 - Screening for Rubella during Pregnancy
AU - Ruben, R. J.
AU - Horstmann, Dorothy M.
PY - 1970/12/3
Y1 - 1970/12/3
N2 - It was with great interest that I read the article entitled “Rubella: Reinfection of vaccinated and naturally immune persons” by Horstmann et al. (New Eng J Med 283: 771–778, 1970). The article points out that there is still a very real possibility that rubella will occur. It seems to be a good suggestion to obstetricians that all pregnant women have antibody titers for rubella taken at the beginning of their pregnancy, and that samples be taken at three months and six months during the pregnancy, to detect the possibility of subclinical infections of rubella. If there is….
AB - It was with great interest that I read the article entitled “Rubella: Reinfection of vaccinated and naturally immune persons” by Horstmann et al. (New Eng J Med 283: 771–778, 1970). The article points out that there is still a very real possibility that rubella will occur. It seems to be a good suggestion to obstetricians that all pregnant women have antibody titers for rubella taken at the beginning of their pregnancy, and that samples be taken at three months and six months during the pregnancy, to detect the possibility of subclinical infections of rubella. If there is….
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197012032832321
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197012032832321
M3 - Letter
C2 - 5476489
AN - SCOPUS:0014931815
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 283
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 23
ER -
