Unilateral Phrenic Nerve Palsy in Infants with Congenital Zika Syndrome

Unilateral Phrenic Nerve Palsy in Infants with Congenital Zika Syndrome

Since the first identification of neonatal microcephaly cases associated with congenital Zika virus infection in Brazil in 2015, a distinctive constellation of clinical features of congenital Zika syndrome has been described. Fetal brain disruption sequence is hypothesized to underlie the devastatin...

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Main Authors: Nipunie S. Rajapakse, Kevin Ellsworth, Rachael M. Liesman, Mai Lan Ho, Nancy Henry, Elitza S. Theel, Adam Wallace, Ana Catarina Ishigami Alvino, Luisa Medeiros de Mello, Jucille Meneses
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Zika virus
peripheral nervous system
fetal diseases
phrenic nerve
viruses
congenital Zika syndrome
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/8/18-0057_article

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