A disproportionately small fetal head circumference with respect to femur length correlates with abnormal postnatal intracranial imaging and eye deficits following zika virus infection in pregnancy

The Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus, which was recently linked to microcephaly and other central nervous system anomalies following infection in pregnancy. Evidence is accumulating that some infants exposed to ZIKV in utero that lack structural anomalies at birth may have subtle defects that are challenging to detect prenatally. We hypothesized that aberrant fetal growth, defined by a disproportionately small head or abdomen with respect to the femur, would identify fetuses with ZIKV-associated fetal injuries detected postnatally.
Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: IDSOG Abstract Source Type: research
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