Zika virus-associated micrencephaly: A thorough description of neuropathologic findings in the fetal central nervous system

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 73-81

  Strafela, Peter ^a   Vizjak, Alenka ^b   Mraz, Jerica ^a   Mlakar, Jernej ^b   Pizem, Joze ^b   Tul, Natasa ^a   Avsic Zupanc, Tatjana ^a   Popovic, Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AGYRIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBRYOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LISSENCEPHALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85008385084     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2016-0341-SA     Document Type: Article

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