Ophthalmological findings in infants with microcephaly and presumable intra-uterus Zika virus infection

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-3

  Ventura, Camila V ^a,c   Maia, Mauricio ^c   Ventura, Bruna V ^a,c   Van Der Linden, Vanessa ^d   Araújo, Eveline B ^a,b   Ramos, Regina C ^e   Rocha, Maria Angela W ^e   Carvalho, Maria Durce C G ^e   Belfort, Rubens ^c   Ventura, Liana O ^a,b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO ALTINO VENTURA   (Brazil)

^b Hospital de Olhos de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL BARÃO DE LUCENA   (Brazil)

^e Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz HUOC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Microcephaly; Ocular findings; Retina; Vertical transmission; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; BRAZIL; COMPLICATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER;

ADULT; BRAZIL; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84957868749     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0004-2749.20160002     Document Type: Article

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