Associated ultrasonographic findings in fetuses with microcephaly because of suspected Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 882-887

  Carvalho, Francisco Herlânio Costa ^a   Cordeiro, Kárita Melo ^a   Peixoto, Alberto Borges ^b,d   Tonni, Gabriele ^c   Moron, Antonio Fernandes ^d   Feitosa, Francisco Edson Lucena ^a   Feitosa, Helvécio Neves ^a   Araujo Júnior, Edward ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UBERABA   (Brazil)

^c Guastalla Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STILLBIRTH; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA FEVER;

EID: 84986588455     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.4882     Document Type: Article

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