Placental Inflammatory Response to Zika Virus may Affect Fetal Brain Development

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 421-422

  Mor, Gil ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETAL BRAIN; FETAL WELL BEING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION; BRAIN; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICROCEPHALY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84975761291     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12505     Document Type: Note

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