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Congenital Zika Infection and the Risk of Neurodevelopmental, Neurological, and Urinary Track Disorders in Early Childhood. A Systematic Review

Viruses, 2021
It was late 2015 when Northeast Brazil noticed a worrying increase in neonates born with microcephaly and other congenital malformations. These abnormalities, characterized by an abnormally small head and often neurological impairment and later termed ...
Evangelia Antoniou, Eirini Orovou, Paraskevi Eva Andronikidi, Christos Orovas, Nikolaos Rigas, Ermioni Palaska, Angeliki Sarella, Georgios Iatrakis, Chrysa Voyiatzaki   +8 more
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Microcephaly and Associated Risk Factors in Newborns: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Congenital microcephaly is caused by a multitude of drivers affecting maternal–fetal health during pregnancy. It is a rare outcome in high-income industrial countries where microcephaly rates are in the range of 0.3–0.9 per 1000 newborns.
Natália de L. Melo, Danilo F. de Sousa, Gabriel Z. Laporta   +2 more
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Causes of Microcephaly in the Zika Era in Argentina: A Retrospective Study

Global Pediatric Health, 2021
There are gaps in understanding the causes and consequences of microcephaly. This paper describes the epidemiological characteristics, clinical presentations, and etiologies of children presenting microcephaly during the Zika outbreak in Argentina.
Griselda Berberian MD, Rosa Bologna MD, María Guadalupe Pérez MD, Andrea Mangano PhD, Marina Costa MSc, Silvana Calligaris MD, María Alejandra Morales MSc, Carlos Rugilo MD, Elisa Ruiz-Burga PhD, Claire Thorne PhD   +9 more
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The clinical diagnostic utility of array CGH in children with syndromic microcephaly

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2022
Background: A prospective study using array CGH in children with Syndromic microcephaly from a tertiary pediatric healthcare centre in India. Aim: To identify the copy number variations causative of microcephaly detected through chromosomal array CGH ...
Manisha Goyal, Mohammed Faruq, Ashok Gupta, Divya Shrivastava, Uzma Shamim   +4 more
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Birth Defects and Long- Term Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities in Infants Born During the Zika Virus Epidemic in the Dominican Republic

Annals of Global Health, 2021
Background:When acquired during pregnancy, Zika virus (ZIKV) infection can cause substantial fetal morbidity, however, little is known about the long-term neurodevelopmental abnormalities of infants with congenital ZIKV exposure without microcephaly at ...
Raquel Pimentel, Shaveta Khosla, Josefina Rondon, Farah Pena, Gwyneth Sullivan, Martha Perez, Supriya D. Mehta, Maximo O. Brito   +7 more
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A Case of Microcephaly with Congenital Retinal Detachment

Perinatology, 2021
Microcephaly can occur with autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive inherited pattern in a family, but more commonly it is a form of many syndromes that lead to intellectual impairment. Several reports of ocular anomalies accompanied with microcephaly vary from microphthalmia, nystagmus, cataracts, falciform retinal folds, retinal dysplasia, optic ...
Donghoon Joo, Mun Hui Jeong, Seong Hee Jeong, Narae Lee, Mi Hye Bae, Young Mi Han, Kyung Hee Park, Shin Yun Byun   +7 more
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Microcephaly

Children, 2017
Microcephaly is defined as a head circumference more than two standard deviations below the mean for gender and age. Congenital microcephaly is present at birth, whereas postnatal microcephaly occurs later in life.
Emily Hanzlik, Joseph Gigante
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The Frequency of Cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasma Among Microcephalic and Hydrocephalic Neonates Admitted to Pediatric Hospital in Bandar Abbas [PDF]

Disease and Diagnosis, 2020
Background: Congenital infection is a primary cause of malformations during infancy including hydrocephaly and microcephaly. In addition, cytomegalovirus and toxoplasma are the two prevalent causes of congenital infections.
Maryam Rostamian, Seyyed Hossein Saadat, Mohammad Mehdi Mashayekhi, Hosein Hamadiyan, Mehran Ahmadi   +4 more
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Phenotypic Differences between Asian and African Lineage Zika Viruses in Human Neural Progenitor Cells

mSphere, 2017
Recent Zika virus (ZIKV) infections have been associated with a range of neurological complications, in particular congenital microcephaly. Human neural progenitor cells (hNPCs) are thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis of microcephaly ...
Fatih Anfasa, Jurre Y. Siegers, Mark van der Kroeg, Noreen Mumtaz, V. Stalin Raj, Femke M. S. de Vrij, W. Widagdo, Gülsah Gabriel, Sara Salinas, Yannick Simonin, Chantal Reusken, Steven A. Kushner, Marion P. G. Koopmans, Bart Haagmans, Byron E. E. Martina, Debby van Riel   +15 more
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Clinical aspects of congenital microcephaly syndrome by Zika virus in a rehabilitation center for patients with microcephaly [PDF]

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2019
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE In this study, we intend to identify the prevalence of clinical variables in children with microcephaly. METHODS This is a cross-sectional and observational study with data collected from medical records of patients admitted to the microcephaly outpatient clinic of a referral center in Teresina-PI.
Kelson James Almeida, Augusto César Beserra Martins, Isadora Costa Coelho Gayoso e Almendra, Gabriel Medina Sobreira de Meneses, Thales Daniel de Oliveira Sampaio, José da Cruz Moura Campêlo, Edson Bor-Seng-Shu   +6 more
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