Computed tomographic findings in microcephaly associated with Zika Virus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 2193-2195

  Hazin, Adriano N ^a   Poretti, Andrea ^b   Martelli, Celina M Turchi ^c   Huisman, Thierry A ^b  

^a Instituto de Medicina Integral de Pernambuco Prof Fernando Figueira   (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Aggeu Magalhaes Research Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAZIL; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LETTER; MICROCEPHALY; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WHITE MATTER LESION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; VIROLOGY;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84964393060     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1603617     Document Type: Letter

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