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