Commentary Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/Pediatrics.2.006
Association between Cytomegalovirus Infection and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Maria Beatriz Tavares Camacho Pereira1,*
- 1Hospital Municipal Jesus- Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
Corresponding Author
Maria Beatriz Tavares Camacho Pereira, mbiacamacho@gmail.com
Received Date: September 26, 2024
Accepted Date: January 27, 2025
Camacho Pereira MBT. Association between Cytomegalovirus Infection and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Arch Clin Pediatr. 2025;2(1):1-3.
Copyright: © 2025 Camacho Pereira MBT. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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