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Microcephaly

Known as: microcephalic, microencephaly, Micrencephaly 
A congenital abnormality in which the CEREBRUM is underdeveloped, the fontanels close prematurely, and, as a result, the head is small. (Desk… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (4)

AcraniaAnencephalyCongenital anomaly of brainCongenital disease of brain

Narrower (34)

Acrocephalopolysyndactyly type 2Baraitser Brett Piesowicz syndromeBattaglia Neri syndromeBixler Christian Gorlin syndrome
Brain Development AbnormalityCentral Nervous SystemFetal Alcohol SyndromeIn Blood

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
ZIKA virus circulates in new regions
An increasing number of countries in the Americas are reporting cases of Zika virus. 
Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Zika virus outbreak: reproductive health and rights in Latin America
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Infantile hydrocephalus and the slit ventricle syndrome in early infancy
Slit ventricle syndrome is well known as a complication in the treatment of hydrocephalus by shunting. It is generally considered… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Frequency of Congenital Varicella Syndrome in a Prospective Cohort of 347 Pregnant Women
Review
1989
Review
1989
Manipulating peak blood alcohol concentrations in neonatal rats: review of an animal model for alcohol-related developmental effects.
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is now well documented, but factors that affect the severity of the accompanying central nervous… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Connections made by transplants to the cerebral cortex of rat brains damaged in utero
Homografts consisting of pieces of neocortex or dissociated cortical cells were transplanted from fetal rats into the cortex of… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Pervasive hyperactivity and long-term learning impairments in rats with induced micrencephaly from prenatal exposure to methylazoxymethanol.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Ontogeny of Neurochemical Markers for Noradrenergic, GABAergic and Cholinergic Neurons in Neocortex Lesioned with Methylazoxymethanol Acetate
Abstract: Methylazoxymethanol acetate (MAM), a potent, rapidly eliminated nucleic acid alkylating agent, produces microencephaly… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Generalized growth retardation in rats induced by prenatal exposure to methylazoxymethyl acetate.
Single injections to rats of methylazoxymethyl acetate on days 13 to 18 of gestation retarded the general postnatal development… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Transplacental Chemical Induction of Microencephaly in Two Strains of Rats. I
Summary An experimental model for successful chemical induction of microencephaly is described. Methylazoxymethanol, the aglycone… 
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