Microcephaly associated with maternal Zika virus infection

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1265-1269

  Moron, A F ^a   Cavalheiro, S ^a   Milani, H J F ^a   Sarmento, S G P ^a   Tanuri, C ^a   de Souza, F F ^a   Richtmann, R ^a   Witkin, S S ^b  

^a Hospital e Maternidade Santa Joana   (Brazil)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGYRIA; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAZILIAN; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MACROGYRIA; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ZIKA FEVER;

EID: 84983348487     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.14072     Document Type: Article

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