Microcephaly (my-kro-SEF-ah-lee) is a rare condition in which a child's brain does not fully develop, resulting in an abnormally small head size. Microcephaly, which can be passed down through ...

A new study of mortality rates among children younger than 5 years old in Brazil shows that children with congenital Zika ...

Microcephaly: The head is much smaller than normal, or doesn’t grow properly. Microcephaly can be a sign of other brain disorders. Some children with microcephaly have smaller than usual but typical ...

Eight (14%) children died before 12 months of age. Incidence of severe microcephaly was 5.5 per 100 000 infants (95% CI 4.0 to 7.3). Higher relative risk (RR) was associated with preterm birth (RR 7.7 ...

Participants 24 children with congenital Zika syndrome born with microcephaly during the Zika outbreak in Brazil in 2015 and followed up at the IMIP during their second year of life. Main outcome ...

We report a deletion of 1p36.3 in a child with microcephaly, mental retardation, broad forehead, deep set eyes, depressed nasal bridge, flat midface, relative prognathism, and abnormal ears. The ...

Non-contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the brain in a four-month-old child with lesions attributed to Zika virus infection, showing pathological subcortical intracranial ...

With a prevalence of 2–3/1000 births and an estimated 750 000 or more affected American children and adults ... At birth she presented with microcephaly and hypotonia that progressed to spastic ...

Here, we identified 10 families showing a neurodegenerative condition involving pontocerebellar hypoplasia with microcephaly (PCHM). Patients harbored biallelic mutations in genes encoding the ...

aDivision of Birth Cohort Study, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China bDepartment of Neonatal Surgery, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical ...

Microcephaly (my-kro-SEF-ah-lee) is a rare condition in which a child's brain does not fully develop, resulting in an abnormally small head size. Microcephaly, which can be passed down through ...