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Radiological Differential Diagnosis of Microcephaly

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The cranioencephalic abnormalities caused by ZIKV congenital infection, although following a pattern, are not pathognomonic and are common to different etiologies.

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    Natacha Calheiros de Lima Petribu

  2. Centro Diagnóstico Multimagem, Mauricio de Nassau University, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Maria de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão

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de Lima Petribu, N.C., de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão, M. (2017). Radiological Differential Diagnosis of Microcephaly. In: Vasco Aragão, M. (eds) Zika in Focus. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53643-9_7

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