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Obstetrics & Gynecology 1978;51:78
© 1978 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Hydrops Fetales and Congenital Toxoplasmosis

Value of Direct Immunofluorescence Test

GABRIEL KHODR, MD and ROBERT MATOSSIAN, MD

From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Bacteriology and Virology at American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

Abstract

Congenital toxoplasmosis is sometimes difficult to diagnose clinically and histologically, since it can present in diversified forms. The present report deals with a rare type of toxoplasma infection that resulted in a stillborn with hydrops fetales and extensive fetal placental calcification. The direct toxoplasma immunofluorescence test was of great value in the diagnosis.






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