Placenta, Zika Virus Infection and Fetal Brain Abnormality

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 97-98

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Dr DY Patil Medical University   (India)

^d JOSEPH AYOBABALOLA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e Surindra Rajabhat University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CALCIFICATION; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; ZIKA FEVER;

EID: 84978218393     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12521     Document Type: Letter

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