Congenital Zika syndrome: Time to move from case series to case-control studies and data sharing

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 354, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Gérardin, Patrick ^a   Randrianaivo, Hanitra ^b   Schaub, Bruno ^c   Césaire, Raymond ^c   Doray, Bérénice ^d   Labeaud, A Désirée ^e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b JRC EUROCAT Affiliated Registry of Congenital Birth Defects   (France)

^c DDASS de Martinique   (France)

^d Groupe Hospitalier Sud Réunion   (France)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYOPLASIA; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTHROPATHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL ZIKA SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE INJURY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; VIRAL TROPISM; ZIKA FEVER; COMPLICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; SYNDROME; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SYNDROME; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84988530900     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i4850     Document Type: Letter

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