Etiological agents of microcephaly: Implications for diagnosis during the current Zika virus epidemic

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 525-526

  Alvarado Socarras, J L ^a,b   Rodriguez Morales, A J ^b,c  

^a FUNDACIÓN CARDIOVASCULAR DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b Organización Latinoamericana Para El Fomento de la Investigación en Salud OLFIS   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84960420953     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.15885     Document Type: Letter

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