Medicina (Argentina), ISSN 0025-7680, 09/2018, Volume 78, pp. 94 - 100
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MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES, ISSN 0025-7680, 2018, Volume 78, pp. 94 - 100
Microcephaly is defined as a head circumference more than two standard deviations below the mean for gender and age. It is an important neurological sign and...
microcephaly | genetic | acquired microcephaly | UNITED-STATES | infectious | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | STANDARDS | HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE | congenital microcephaly | AGE
microcephaly | genetic | acquired microcephaly | UNITED-STATES | infectious | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | STANDARDS | HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE | congenital microcephaly | AGE
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JAMA Neurology, ISSN 2168-6149, 12/2016, Volume 73, Issue 12, pp. 1407 - 1416
IMPORTANCE: Recent studies have reported an increase in the number of fetuses and neonates with microcephaly whose mothers were infected with the Zika virus...
TRANSMISSION | CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION | DIAGNOSTIC-APPROACH | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | CHILDREN | Infant Death | Nervous System Malformations - etiology | Abnormalities, Multiple - etiology | Zika Virus - genetics | Follow-Up Studies | Zika Virus Infection - congenital | Humans | Arthrogryposis - etiology | Hydrocephalus - etiology | Infant | Male | Perinatal Death | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious | Lissencephaly - etiology | Zika Virus - isolation & purification | Cerebellum - pathology | Pregnancy | Microcephaly - etiology | Brazil | Zika Virus Infection - complications | Female | Cerebrum - pathology | Infant, Newborn | Zika Virus - pathogenicity
TRANSMISSION | CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION | DIAGNOSTIC-APPROACH | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | CHILDREN | Infant Death | Nervous System Malformations - etiology | Abnormalities, Multiple - etiology | Zika Virus - genetics | Follow-Up Studies | Zika Virus Infection - congenital | Humans | Arthrogryposis - etiology | Hydrocephalus - etiology | Infant | Male | Perinatal Death | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious | Lissencephaly - etiology | Zika Virus - isolation & purification | Cerebellum - pathology | Pregnancy | Microcephaly - etiology | Brazil | Zika Virus Infection - complications | Female | Cerebrum - pathology | Infant, Newborn | Zika Virus - pathogenicity
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Lancet, The, ISSN 0140-6736, 2016, Volume 387, Issue 10033, pp. 2125 - 2132
Summary Background The emergence of Zika virus in the Americas has coincided with increased reports of babies born with microcephaly. On Feb 1, 2016, WHO...
Internal Medicine | UNITED-STATES | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | ISLAND | MOTHER | CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION | PREGNANT-WOMEN | OUTBREAK | CHILDREN | Polynesia - epidemiology | Risk Assessment | Humans | Risk Factors | Zika Virus | Male | Microcephaly - epidemiology | Pregnancy | Young Adult | Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology | Adult | Female | Retrospective Studies | Infant, Newborn | Infants | Birth defects | Epidemiology | Communicable diseases | Public health | Medical imaging equipment | Virus diseases | Health aspects | Analysis | Brain | Infectious diseases | Congenital diseases | Fetuses | Zika virus | Viral infections | Neurological disorders | Epidemics | Neonates | Guillain-Barre syndrome | Medical records | Viruses | Outbreaks | Infections | Microcephaly | Mothers | Datasets | Age | Vector-borne diseases | Health risks | Births | Data processing | Babies | Microencephaly | Surveillance | Womens health | West Nile virus
Internal Medicine | UNITED-STATES | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | ISLAND | MOTHER | CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION | PREGNANT-WOMEN | OUTBREAK | CHILDREN | Polynesia - epidemiology | Risk Assessment | Humans | Risk Factors | Zika Virus | Male | Microcephaly - epidemiology | Pregnancy | Young Adult | Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology | Adult | Female | Retrospective Studies | Infant, Newborn | Infants | Birth defects | Epidemiology | Communicable diseases | Public health | Medical imaging equipment | Virus diseases | Health aspects | Analysis | Brain | Infectious diseases | Congenital diseases | Fetuses | Zika virus | Viral infections | Neurological disorders | Epidemics | Neonates | Guillain-Barre syndrome | Medical records | Viruses | Outbreaks | Infections | Microcephaly | Mothers | Datasets | Age | Vector-borne diseases | Health risks | Births | Data processing | Babies | Microencephaly | Surveillance | Womens health | West Nile virus
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American Journal of Public Health, ISSN 0090-0036, 04/2016, Volume 106, Issue 4, pp. 601 - 605
We describe the epidemic of microcephaly in Brazil, its detection and attempts to control it, the suspected causal link with Zika virus infection during...
OUTBREAK | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | INFECTION | Public Health | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology | World Health Organization | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology | Humans | Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical | Zika Virus - isolation & purification | Microcephaly - epidemiology | Pregnancy Trimester, First | Pregnancy | Zika Virus Infection - transmission | Zika Virus Infection - diagnosis | Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology | Epidemics - prevention & control | Microcephaly - etiology | Female | Brazil - epidemiology | Infant, Newborn | Research | Microcephaly | Health aspects | Studies | Epidemics | Encephalitis | Congenital diseases | Maternal & child health | Zika virus | Public health | Viral infections | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus | AJPH Special Section | Global Health | Other Infections | Public Health Practice | Birth Outcomes | Epidemiology | Zika
OUTBREAK | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | INFECTION | Public Health | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology | World Health Organization | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology | Humans | Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical | Zika Virus - isolation & purification | Microcephaly - epidemiology | Pregnancy Trimester, First | Pregnancy | Zika Virus Infection - transmission | Zika Virus Infection - diagnosis | Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology | Epidemics - prevention & control | Microcephaly - etiology | Female | Brazil - epidemiology | Infant, Newborn | Research | Microcephaly | Health aspects | Studies | Epidemics | Encephalitis | Congenital diseases | Maternal & child health | Zika virus | Public health | Viral infections | Index Medicus | Abridged Index Medicus | AJPH Special Section | Global Health | Other Infections | Public Health Practice | Birth Outcomes | Epidemiology | Zika
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CMAJ, ISSN 0820-3946, 04/2016, Volume 188, Issue 7, pp. e118 - e119
Detection of Zika virus RNA in placenta, amniotic fluid and fetal losses, as well as in the brains of deceased infants with microcephaly,2 has confirmed that...
UNITED-STATES | CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | PREGNANT-WOMEN | Pregnancy | Zika Virus Infection - virology | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology | Humans | Zika Virus | Female | Infant | Microcephaly - virology | Pregnant women | Health aspects | Research | Zika virus | Birth defects | Disease transmission | Viral infections | Public health
UNITED-STATES | CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | PREGNANT-WOMEN | Pregnancy | Zika Virus Infection - virology | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology | Humans | Zika Virus | Female | Infant | Microcephaly - virology | Pregnant women | Health aspects | Research | Zika virus | Birth defects | Disease transmission | Viral infections | Public health
Journal Article
Lancet Infectious Diseases, The, ISSN 1473-3099, 2016, Volume 16, Issue 6, pp. 653 - 660
Summary Background The incidence of microcephaly in Brazil in 2015 was 20 times higher than in previous years. Congenital microcephaly is associated with...
Infectious Disease | CHIKUNGUNYA-VIRUS | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | MICRONESIA | ISLAND | CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION | STATE | OUTBREAK | UGANDA | FEVER | Microcephaly - genetics | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology | Genome, Viral - genetics | Humans | Phylogeny | Zika Virus - isolation & purification | Gestational Age | Microcephaly - epidemiology | Pregnancy | Zika Virus Infection - virology | Zika Virus Infection - diagnosis | Disease Outbreaks | Female | RNA, Viral - isolation & purification | Placenta - virology | Brazil - epidemiology | Infant, Newborn | Amniotic Fluid - virology | Case studies | Genetic disorders | Pregnant women | Health aspects | Epidemiology | Genomics | Virus diseases | Analysis | Zika virus | Newborn babies | Womens health | Viral infections
Infectious Disease | CHIKUNGUNYA-VIRUS | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | MICRONESIA | ISLAND | CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION | STATE | OUTBREAK | UGANDA | FEVER | Microcephaly - genetics | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology | Genome, Viral - genetics | Humans | Phylogeny | Zika Virus - isolation & purification | Gestational Age | Microcephaly - epidemiology | Pregnancy | Zika Virus Infection - virology | Zika Virus Infection - diagnosis | Disease Outbreaks | Female | RNA, Viral - isolation & purification | Placenta - virology | Brazil - epidemiology | Infant, Newborn | Amniotic Fluid - virology | Case studies | Genetic disorders | Pregnant women | Health aspects | Epidemiology | Genomics | Virus diseases | Analysis | Zika virus | Newborn babies | Womens health | Viral infections
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Neurology, ISSN 0028-3878, 08/2018, Volume 91, Issue 6, pp. e571 - e585
OBJECTIVETo investigate the morphology of the retina and optic nerve (ON) in microcephaly. METHODSThis was a prospective case-control study including 27...
VISUAL-ACUITY | KIF11 MUTATIONS | MICROPHTHALMOS | HYPOPLASIA | CHORIORETINAL DYSPLASIA | VIGABATRIN TOXICITY | NYSTAGMUS | FOLDS | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | CONGENITAL LYMPHEDEMA | CHILDREN | Optic Nerve - diagnostic imaging | Microcephaly - complications | Prospective Studies | Humans | Child, Preschool | Male | Microcephaly - diagnostic imaging | Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods | Case-Control Studies | Retina - diagnostic imaging | Adolescent | Female | Child | 118 | 228 | 188 | 191
VISUAL-ACUITY | KIF11 MUTATIONS | MICROPHTHALMOS | HYPOPLASIA | CHORIORETINAL DYSPLASIA | VIGABATRIN TOXICITY | NYSTAGMUS | FOLDS | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | CONGENITAL LYMPHEDEMA | CHILDREN | Optic Nerve - diagnostic imaging | Microcephaly - complications | Prospective Studies | Humans | Child, Preschool | Male | Microcephaly - diagnostic imaging | Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods | Case-Control Studies | Retina - diagnostic imaging | Adolescent | Female | Child | 118 | 228 | 188 | 191
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Genetics in Medicine, ISSN 1098-3600, 03/2019, Volume 21, Issue 3, pp. 545 - 552
Purpose: Congenital microcephaly (CM) is an important birth defect with long term neurological sequelae. We aimed to perform detailed phenotypic and genomic...
primary microcephaly | autozygome | dwarfism | CNTRL | CEP135 | FORM | RECESSIVE MUTATIONS | MECHANISMS | INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | TRUNCATING MUTATION | GENE | FAMILIES | GENETICS & HEREDITY | TRANSFER-RNA
primary microcephaly | autozygome | dwarfism | CNTRL | CEP135 | FORM | RECESSIVE MUTATIONS | MECHANISMS | INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | TRUNCATING MUTATION | GENE | FAMILIES | GENETICS & HEREDITY | TRANSFER-RNA
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Lancet Infectious Diseases, The, ISSN 1473-3099, 2016, Volume 16, Issue 12, pp. 1356 - 1363
Summary Background The microcephaly epidemic, which started in Brazil in 2015, was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO in 2016....
Infectious Disease | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | AMERICA | FETAL | Neuroimaging | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology | Prospective Studies | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology | Zika Virus Infection - congenital | Zika Virus Infection - pathology | Humans | Risk Factors | Zika Virus - isolation & purification | Gestational Age | Microcephaly - epidemiology | Microcephaly - virology | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - pathology | Case-Control Studies | Pregnancy | Zika Virus Infection - diagnosis | Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology | Microcephaly - pathology | Female | Brazil - epidemiology | Virus diseases | Epidemics | Health aspects | Epidemiology | Public health | Medical research | Analysis | Dengue viruses | Medicine, Experimental | Risk factors | Parent educational background | Medical imaging | Menstruation | Zika virus | Birth defects | Infections | Microcephaly | Studies | Hypotheses | Health risk assessment | Age
Infectious Disease | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | AMERICA | FETAL | Neuroimaging | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology | Prospective Studies | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology | Zika Virus Infection - congenital | Zika Virus Infection - pathology | Humans | Risk Factors | Zika Virus - isolation & purification | Gestational Age | Microcephaly - epidemiology | Microcephaly - virology | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - pathology | Case-Control Studies | Pregnancy | Zika Virus Infection - diagnosis | Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology | Microcephaly - pathology | Female | Brazil - epidemiology | Virus diseases | Epidemics | Health aspects | Epidemiology | Public health | Medical research | Analysis | Dengue viruses | Medicine, Experimental | Risk factors | Parent educational background | Medical imaging | Menstruation | Zika virus | Birth defects | Infections | Microcephaly | Studies | Hypotheses | Health risk assessment | Age
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BMJ, ISSN 0959-8146, 9/2016, Volume 354, p. i4721
Objectives To provide contemporary estimates of the prevalence of microcephaly in Europe, determine if the diagnosis of microcephaly is consistent across...
CONGENITAL-ANOMALIES | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | ZIKA VIRUS-INFECTION | Prevalence | Humans | Prenatal Diagnosis | Europe - epidemiology | Microcephaly - diagnosis | Male | Microcephaly - epidemiology | Pregnancy | Fetal Death | Female | Registries | Surveys and Questionnaires | Retrospective Studies | Population Surveillance
CONGENITAL-ANOMALIES | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | ZIKA VIRUS-INFECTION | Prevalence | Humans | Prenatal Diagnosis | Europe - epidemiology | Microcephaly - diagnosis | Male | Microcephaly - epidemiology | Pregnancy | Fetal Death | Female | Registries | Surveys and Questionnaires | Retrospective Studies | Population Surveillance
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Archives of Disease in Childhood, ISSN 0003-9888, 07/2016, Volume 101, Issue 7, pp. 600 - 602
microcephaly | Brazil | Zika virus | Guillain-Barre syndrome | trave | PEDIATRICS | TRANSMISSION | Congenital Abnormalities - prevention & control | Humans | Zika Virus - physiology | Congenital Abnormalities - etiology | Zika Virus - isolation & purification | Guillain-Barre Syndrome - prevention & control | Communicable Disease Control - methods | Zika Virus Infection - virology | Zika Virus Infection - diagnosis | Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology | Disease Outbreaks | Global Health - statistics & numerical data | Guillain-Barre Syndrome - etiology | Microcephaly - etiology | Microcephaly - prevention & control | Zika Virus Infection - complications | Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration | 1506 | Leading
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Lancet Infectious Diseases, The, ISSN 1473-3099, 2016, Volume 16, Issue 12, pp. 1307 - 1309
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30372-3 Byline: Patricia Brasil, Karin Nielsen-Saines...
Infectious Disease | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | Studies | Cytomegalovirus | Congenital diseases | Zika virus | Infections | Health risk assessment | Microcephaly
Infectious Disease | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | Studies | Cytomegalovirus | Congenital diseases | Zika virus | Infections | Health risk assessment | Microcephaly
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, ISSN 1552-4825, 12/2016, Volume 170, Issue 12, pp. 3222 - 3226
We have recently described a newly recognized syndromic form of congenital microcephaly as part of a large cohort of apparently novel dysmorphic syndromes. The...
mutation | splicing | tRNA | founder | synonymous | dysmorphic syndromes | SULFUR-RELAY | GENOME | INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | BIOSYNTHESIS | GENES | GENETICS & HEREDITY | RNA WOBBLE POSITIONS | MUTATIONS | REVEALS | Lissencephaly - diagnosis | Microcephaly - genetics | Humans | Kidney Diseases - diagnosis | Infant | Male | Polydactyly - diagnosis | Electroencephalography | Brain - abnormalities | Kidney Diseases - genetics | Congenital Abnormalities - diagnosis | Congenital Abnormalities - genetics | tRNA Methyltransferases - genetics | Facies | Female | Polydactyly - genetics | Genetic Association Studies | Kidney Diseases - congenital | Prenatal Diagnosis | Microcephaly - diagnosis | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Kidney - abnormalities | Lissencephaly - genetics | Physical Examination | Consanguinity | Mutation | Agenesis | Codon
mutation | splicing | tRNA | founder | synonymous | dysmorphic syndromes | SULFUR-RELAY | GENOME | INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | BIOSYNTHESIS | GENES | GENETICS & HEREDITY | RNA WOBBLE POSITIONS | MUTATIONS | REVEALS | Lissencephaly - diagnosis | Microcephaly - genetics | Humans | Kidney Diseases - diagnosis | Infant | Male | Polydactyly - diagnosis | Electroencephalography | Brain - abnormalities | Kidney Diseases - genetics | Congenital Abnormalities - diagnosis | Congenital Abnormalities - genetics | tRNA Methyltransferases - genetics | Facies | Female | Polydactyly - genetics | Genetic Association Studies | Kidney Diseases - congenital | Prenatal Diagnosis | Microcephaly - diagnosis | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Kidney - abnormalities | Lissencephaly - genetics | Physical Examination | Consanguinity | Mutation | Agenesis | Codon
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