Neurological characteristics of Zika virus embryopathy cases in Ceará
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Background: Congenital Zika virus (SCZV) infection is associated with a spectrum of severe neurological abnormalities, mainly microcephaly, and central nervous system malformation. In this way, it becomes relevant to know the main alterations that accompany SCZV in Ceará.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos De Neuro-psiquiatria
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1678-4227', '0004-282X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1774462