Second-trimester ultrasound and neuropathologic findings in congenital Zika virus infection

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Cheng-Ying Ho, Nicolas Castillo, Liliana Encinales, _2018.pdf (197.65 KB)

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2018

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Pediatric infectious disease journal, 0891-3668, Vol. 37, Nro. 12, 2018, p. 1290-1293

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Wolters Kluwer Health

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/3413

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6233735/

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Abstract

Zika virus is a mosquito-borne virus that causes congenital Zika syndrome, characterized by microcephaly and other fetal brain anomalies. This case report presents a case of Zika virus-related fetal brain anomalies including pathologic evidence of cerebral neuronal apoptosis and macrophage infiltrates and intracerebral calcification, ventriculomegaly and corpus callosum dysgenesis detected by ultrasound at 18 weeks of pregnancy.

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Zika, Microcephaly, Fetal brain anomalies

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Infección por el virus Zika
Apoptosis
Ultrasonido

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