Endocrine Dysfunction in Children with Zika-Related Microcephaly Who Were Born during the 2015 Epidemic in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil

Endocrine Dysfunction in Children with Zika-Related Microcephaly Who Were Born during the 2015 Epidemic in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil

Congenital viral infections and the occurrence of septo-optic dysplasia, which is a combination of optic nerve hypoplasia, abnormal formation of structures along the midline of the brain, and pituitary hypofunction, support the biological plausibility of endocrine dysfunction in Zika-related microce...

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Main Authors: Andréia Veras Gonçalves, Demócrito de B. Miranda-Filho, Líbia Cristina Rocha Vilela, Regina Coeli Ferreira Ramos, Thalia V. B. de Araújo, Rômulo A. L. de Vasconcelos, Maria Angela Wanderley Rocha, Sophie Helena Eickmann, Marli Tenório Cordeiro, Maria Liana Vieira de Oliveira Ventura, Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos, Alessandra Mertens Brainer, Maria Durce Costa Gomes, Paula Fabiana Sobral da Silva, Celina M. T. Martelli, Elizabeth B. Brickley, Ricardo A. A. Ximenes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
microcephaly
Zika
obesity
hypothyroidism
puberty
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/1/1

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