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dos Santos Oliveira, S.J.G., dos Reis, C.L., Cipolotti, R. et al. Anxiety, depression, and quality of life in mothers of newborns with microcephaly and presumed congenital Zika virus infection: a follow-up study during the first year after birth. Arch Womens Ment Health 20, 473–475 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-017-0724-y
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