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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 +4 more
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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 +4 more
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Investigating microcephaly [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2013 1. Microcephaly is a clinical finding, not a 'disease', and is a crude but trusted assessment of intracranial brain volume. 2. Developmental processes reducing in utero neuron generation present at birth with 'Primary microcephaly'. 3. 'Secondary microcephaly' develops after birth and predominantly reflects dendritic or white matter diseases.
C Geoffrey, Woods, Alasdair, Parker
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Mathematical modeling of Zika disease in pregnant women and newborns with microcephaly in Brazil [PDF]
Math. Methods Appl. Sci. 41 (2018), no. 18, 8929--8941, 2017 We propose a new mathematical model for the spread of Zika virus. Special attention is paid to the transmission of microcephaly. Numerical simulations show the accuracy of the model with respect to the Zika outbreak occurred in Brazil.
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Microcephaly epidemic related to the Zika virus and living conditions in Recife, Northeast Brazil
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Starting in August 2015, there was an increase in the number of cases of neonatal microcephaly in Northeast Brazil. These findings were identified as being an epidemic of microcephaly related to Zika virus (ZIKV) infection.
Wayner Vieira de Souza +13 more
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Heart rate variability monitoring identifies asymptomatic toddlers exposed to Zika virus during pregnancy [PDF]
Physiol. Meas. 2021, 2018 Although Zika virus (ZIKV) seems to be prominently neurotropic, there are some reports of involvement of other organs, particularly the heart. Of special concern are those children exposed prenatally to ZIKV and born with no microcephaly or other congenital anomaly.
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Viruses, 2023 Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) is associated with an increased risk of microcephaly in affected children. This study investigated the peripheral dysregulation of immune mediators in children with microcephaly due to CZS.
Wallace Pitanga Bezerra +10 more
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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 +8 more
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Feelings of mothers of infants with microcephaly: a qualitative study
Bioscience Journal, 2018 Microcephaly is a congenital malformation in which the brain does not develop properly. It can be the result of a series of factors, from malnutrition of the mother, drug abuse, infections during pregnancy, among others. In the family context, the birth
Cláudia Maria Sousa de Carvalho +10 more
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BMC Medical Genetics, 2017 Background Microcephaly is a disorder characterized by severe impairment in brain development, reduced brain and head size. Congenital severe microcephaly is very rare, and NDE1 deletion and genetic mutations are important contributors. Case presentation
Li Tan +6 more
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