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Presumed Zika virus-related congenital brain malformations: the spectrum of CT ...
Castro,José Daniel Vieira de; Pereira,Licia Pacheco; Dias,Daniel Aguiar; Aguiar,Lindenberg Barbosa; Maia,Joanira Costa NogueiraABSTRACT The new epidemic of Zika virus infection raises grave concerns, especially with the increasingly-recognized link between emerging cases of microcephaly and this infectious disease. Besides small cranial dimensions, there are striking morphologic anomalies in the fetal brain. Key anomalies include cortical developmental malformations and a peculiar distribution of pathologic calcifications. These potent...
Mortality in the first 24h of very low birth weight preterm infants in the Nort...
Castro,Eveline Campos Monteiro de; Leite,Álvaro Jorge Madeiro; Guinsburg,RuthAbstract Objective: To evaluate factors associated with neonatal death within 24 hours after birth in very low birth weight preterm newborns. Methods: Prospective cohort of live births with gestational age of 230/7–316/7 weeks, birth weight of 500–1499g without malformations, in 19 public maternity hospitals in nine capitals in northeastern Brazil from July to December 2007. The 19 hospitals were assessed in re...