micrencephaly


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Related to micrencephaly: nanocephaly, hypophrenic, encephalosclerosis
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mi·cren·ceph·a·ly

, micrencephalia, microencephaly
n. micrencefalia, cerebro anormalmente pequeño.
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Microcephaly ("small head") is usually a consequence of fetal brain maldevelopment resulting in micrencephaly ("small brain").
Zika Virus-Associated Micrencephaly: A Thorough Description of Neuropathologic Findings in the Fetal Central Nervous System
"This is not the typical baby who looks Fine but has RSV," she explained, noting that infants included in the studies had diagnoses such as coinfections, pertussis, micrencephaly with seizure disorder, "sleep apnea," and a wide range of chromosomal and metabolic abnormalities.
RSV-Apnea linkage may be overrated
In addition to microcephaly, there was also an abnormally small brain (micrencephaly), which weighed 84 g (4 standard deviations below the mean).
Autopsy and Postmortem Studies Are Concordant: Pathology of Zika Virus Infection Is Neurotropic in Fetuses and Infants With Microcephaly Following Transplacental Transmission
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