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- cCMV —
- congenital cytomegalovirus
In a study published in this issue of Pediatrics, Pinninti et al1 report that vestibular, balance, and gaze disorders occur in up to 45% of children born with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection. This study was based on the evaluation of 40 children from among the 449 newborns diagnosed with cCMV through the CMV & Hearing Multicenter Screening (CHIMES) study, which screened >100 000 newborns from 7 medical center sites across the United States from 2007 to 2012.2 The subjects in this study represent a sample from a single CMV & Hearing Multicenter Screening study site.
This study represents the largest cohort identified and systematically tested for vestibular and balance disorders in children with asymptomatic cCMV. Previous smaller studies, which included …
Address correspondence to Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital, Feigin Tower Suite 1150, 1102 Bates St, Houston, TX 77030. E-mail: gdemmler{at}bcm.edu
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