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Robert F. Pass
Researcher at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Publications - 133
Citations - 11151
Robert F. Pass is an academic researcher from University of Alabama at Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Congenital cytomegalovirus infection & Population. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 131 publications receiving 10389 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert F. Pass include Children's of Alabama.
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Seroprevalence of Cytomegalovirus Infection in the United States, 1988–1994
Stephanie A. S. Staras,Sheila C. Dollard,Kay Radford,W. Dana Flanders,Robert F. Pass,Michael J. Cannon +5 more
TL;DR: It is estimated that each year in the United States approximately 340,000 non-Hispanic white persons, 130,000non-Hispanic black persons, and 50,000 Mexican American women of childbearing age experience a primary CMV infection.
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Effect of ganciclovir therapy on hearing in symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus disease involving the central nervous system: a randomized, controlled trial
David W. Kimberlin,Chin Yu Lin,Pablo J. Sánchez,Gail J. Demmler,Wayne M. Dankner,Mark Shelton,Richard F. Jacobs,Wendy Vaudry,Robert F. Pass,Jan Kiell,Seng-Jaw Soong,Richard J. Whitley +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the efficacy and safety of ganciclovir therapy in neonates with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease and found that 20% of the infants had improved hearing or maintained normal hearing between baseline and 6 months versus 10% of 17 control patients.
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Vaccine Prevention of Maternal Cytomegalovirus Infection
Robert F. Pass,Changpin Zhang,Ashley Evans,Tina Simpson,William W. Andrews,Meei Li Huang,Lawrence Corey,Janie Hill,Elizabeth Davis,Cynthia Flanigan,Gretchen A. Cloud +10 more
TL;DR: CMV glycoprotein B vaccine has the potential to decrease incident cases of maternal and congenital CMV infection and was more likely to remain uninfected during a 42-month period than the placebo group.
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Progressive and fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss in children with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection
Karen B. Fowler,Faye P. McCollister,Arthur J. Dahle,Suresh B. Boppana,William J. Britt,Robert F. Pass +5 more
TL;DR: The continued deterioration of hearing and delayed onset of SNHL in these children emphasizes the need for continued monitoring of their hearing status, and asymptomatic congenital CMV infection is likely a leading cause ofSNHL in young children.
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Congenital cytomegalovirus infection following first trimester maternal infection: Symptoms at birth and outcome
TL;DR: Children with congenital CMV infection following first trimester maternal infection are more likely to have CNS sequelae, especially sensorineural hearing loss, than are those whose mothers were infected later in pregnancy.