| Abstrakt: |
Report on results of follow-up in 10 children, in 9 of whom clinical findings at the age between 6 and 11 months suggested the diagnosis of connatal cytomegaly. All 10 children secreted cytomegaly virus in the urine. In 3 of them post-natal infection appears probable. Follow-up was carried out at the ages between 3 and 5.9 years. Physical development was delayed in 4, severe neurologic damage occurred in 2, medium severe or minimal, in part reversible, neurologic signs in 3 childrens. The 2 most severely neurologically damaged children could not be examined psychologically. The IQ of the other 8 was between 92 and 105. 3 children showed in individual other tests only minor, insignificant loss of performance, 2 more pronounced defects which suggested cerebral damage. |
