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ALEITAMENTO MATERNO DE CRIANÇAS COM MICROCEFALIA NO CONTEXTO DO ZIKA VÍRUS

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2021
Objective: To understand the perceptions of breastfeeding of mothers of children with microcephaly. Method: Descriptive, qualitative study with 12 women conducted at the outpatient clinic of Hospital Regional Materno Infantil de Imperatriz, Maranhão ...
Floriacy Stabnow Santos, Ada Oliveira Borges da Silva, Antônia Sousa Lima, Laise Sousa Siqueira, Paula Gabrielle Gomes Candido, Antonia Iracilda e Silva Viana, Marcelino Santos Neto   +6 more
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Genetic diagnosis of fetal microcephaly at a single tertiary center in China

Frontiers in Genetics, 2023
Background: Microcephaly is common in patients with neuropsychiatric problems, and it is usually closely related to genetic causes. However, studies on chromosomal abnormalities and single-gene disorders associated with fetal microcephaly are limited ...
You Wang, You Wang, Fang Fu, Tingying Lei, Li Zhen, Qiong Deng, Hang Zhou, Chunling Ma, Ken Cheng, Ken Cheng, Ruibin Huang, Ru Li, Qiuxia Yu, Lushan Li, Jin Han, Xin Yang, Dongzhi Li, Can Liao, Can Liao   +18 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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Microcephaly measurement in adults and its association with clinical variables

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2022
OBJECTIVE To establish a microcephaly cut-off size in adults using head circumference as an indirect measure of brain size, as well as to explore factors associated with microcephaly via data mining.
Nicole Rezende da Costa, Livia Mancine, Rogerio Salvini, Juliana de Melo Teixeira, Roberta Diehl Rodriguez, Renata Elaine Paraizo Leite, Camila Nascimento, Carlos Augusto Pasqualucci, Ricardo Nitrini, Wilson Jacob-Filho, Beny Lafer, Lea Tenenholz Grinberg, Claudia Kimie Suemoto, Paula Villela Nunes   +13 more
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Relationship between microcephaly and indicators of social inequality in the state of Paraíba, Brazil [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo), 2023
Objective To analyze the relationship between microcephaly and social inequality indicators in the state of Paraíba during the biennium January 2015 and December 2016.
Anna Carolina D’ucarmo Bezerra, Manuela Leitão de Vasconcelos, Luiz Medeiros Araujo Lima Filho, Daniele Andrade da Cunha, Giorvan Ânderson dos Santos Alves, Leandro Pernambuco   +5 more
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Identification of a novel KIF11 variant p.(Leu804Thrfs Ter13) in a case with isolated microcephaly

Journal of Head & Neck Physicians and Surgeons, 2022
Microcephaly is a rare neurological condition, and it is characterized by a smaller head than other children of the same age and sex. Microcephaly with or without chorioretinopathy, lymphedema, or mental retardation (MLCRD) is a syndrome with a varying ...
Sinem Yalcintepe, Hazal Sezginer Guler, Drenushe Zhuri, Damla Eker, Hakan Gurkan   +4 more
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Identification and Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Flavonoids from Mediterranean species of Oregano against the Zika NS2B-NS3 Protease [PDF]

World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Volume 11, Issue 15, Page 1236-1259, Year 2022, 2022
The Zika virus, is an emerging infectious disease causing severe complications such as microcephaly in infants and Guillain Barre syndrome in adults. There is no licensed vaccination or approved medicine to treat ZIKV infection. Therefore, extensive research is being carried out to find compounds that can be used effectively as therapeutic molecules to
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Prevalence of congenital microcephaly and its risk factors in an area at risk of Zika outbreaks

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Prevalence of neonatal microcephaly in populations without Zika-epidemics is sparse. The study aimed to report baseline prevalence of congenital microcephaly and its relationship with prenatal factors in an area at risk of Zika outbreak ...
Songying Shen, Wanqing Xiao, Lifang Zhang, Jinhua Lu, Anna Funk, Jianrong He, Si Tu, Jia Yu, Li Yang, Arnaud Fontanet, Wei Bao, Kar Keung Cheng, Xiu Qiu   +12 more
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Genomic Analysis of Korean Patient With Microcephaly

Frontiers in Genetics, 2021
Microcephaly is a prevalent phenotype in patients with neurodevelopmental problems, often with genetic causes. We comprehensively investigated the clinical phenotypes and genetic background of microcephaly in 40 Korean patients.
Jiwon Lee, Jong Eun Park, Chung Lee, Ah Reum Kim, Byung Joon Kim, Woong-Yang Park, Chang-Seok Ki, Jeehun Lee   +7 more
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A Zebrafish/Drosophila Dual System Model for Investigating Human Microcephaly

Cells, 2022
Microcephaly presents in neurodevelopmental disorders with multiple aetiologies, including bi-allelic mutation in TUBGCP2, a component of the biologically fundamental and conserved microtubule-nucleation complex, γ-TuRC. Elucidating underlying principles
Slawomir Bartoszewski, Mateusz Dawidziuk, Natalia Kasica, Roma Durak, Marta Jurek, Aleksandra Podwysocka, Dorothy Lys Guilbride, Piotr Podlasz, Cecilia Lanny Winata, Pawel Gawlinski   +9 more
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