title: Hearing defects in children born of mothers suffering from rubella in the first trimester of pregnancy.
abstract: The investigations concerned women that had suffered from symptomatic rubella in the first trimester of pregnancy. The presence of immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M antibodies in mothers and their children was detected, and 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 rubella.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Phoniatry and Audiology, Medical Academy, Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Niedzielska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Katska
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Szymula
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D012409:Rubella / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis