Clinical features and neuroimaging (CT and MRI) findings in presumed Zika virus related congenital infection and microcephaly: Retrospective case series study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 353, Issue , 2016, Pages

  De Fatima Vasco Aragao, Maria ^a,b   Van Der Linden, Vanessa ^c,d   Brainer Lima, Alessandra Mertens ^e   Coeli, Regina Ramos ^f   Rocha, Maria Angela ^f   Da Silva, Paula Sobral ^f   Gomes, Maria Durce Costa ^a,b   De Carvalho, ^f   Van Der Linden, Ana ^f   De Holanda, Arthur Cesario ^f   Valenca, Marcelo Moraes ^f  

^a Centro Diagnostico Multimagem   (Brazil)

^b Mauricio de Nassau University   (Brazil)

^c Association for Assistance of Disabled Children   (Brazil)

^d Barao de Lucena Hospital   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAZIL; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHITE MATTER; ZIKA VIRUS; ADULT; AGENESIS OF CORPUS CALLOSUM; BRAIN; CALCINOSIS; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MYELINATED NERVE; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGENESIS OF CORPUS CALLOSUM; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CALCINOSIS; CISTERNA MAGNA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROCEPHALY; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84964345444     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1901     Document Type: Article

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