Ana Alarcón, Linda S de Vries, Alessandro Parodi, Juan Arnáez, Fernando Cabañas, Sylke J Steggerda, Mónica Rebollo, Luca Ramenghi, Izaskun Dorronsoro, Manuela López-Azorín, Juliane Schneider, Antoni Noguera-Julian, María Ríos-Barnés, Manuel Recio, Myriam Bickle-Graz, Miriam Martínez-Biarge, Clàudia Fortuny, Alfredo García-Alix, Anita C Truttmann
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between neuroimaging and outcome in infants with congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV), focusing on qualitative MRI and quantitative diffusion-weighted imaging of white matter abnormalities (WMAs). METHODS: Multicentre retrospective cohort study of 160 infants with cCMV (103 symptomatic). A four-grade neuroimaging scoring system was applied to cranial ultrasonography and MRI acquired at ≤3 months. WMAs were categorised as multifocal or diffuse...
February 19, 2024: Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition