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Prenatally Diagnosed Microcephaly: A Review of Etiologies
- Source :
- Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. 16:323-326
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- S. Karger AG, 2001.
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Abstract
- Objective: To determine the incidence and etiology of prenatally diagnosed microcephaly. Methods: Retrospective review of 10 years at a tertiary obstetrical hospital. The study population consisted of 21 infants with confirmed prenatal and postnatal microcephaly. Results: There were 8 different definite/probable etiologies identified (viral, monochorionic twinning, genetic syndrome, neural tube defect, abnormal karyotype, hypoxic insult, constitutional). Conclusions: Retrospective study indicates the commonest etiologies for prenatal microcephaly are in utero infection, monochorionic twin insult, rare genetic syndrome and chromosomal anomalies.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Embryology
Microcephaly
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Twins
Gestational Age
Prenatal diagnosis
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis
Humans
Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Neural Tube Defects
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
Retrospective Studies
Chromosome Aberrations
Retrospective review
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Follow up studies
Obstetrics and Gynecology
General Medicine
medicine.disease
humanities
body regions
Cytomegalovirus Infections
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Etiology
Female
Congenital disease
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14219964 and 10153837
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....afd19dbc2df006c69a559a7718e33628