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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
Erratum: Towards peptide vaccines against Zika virus: Immunoinformatics combined with molecular dynamics simulations to predict antigenic epitopes of Zika viral proteins
Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 37313; published online: 09 December 2016; updated: 11 April 2017 In this Article, an… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Deficiency of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) worsens alcohol-induced microencephaly and neuronal loss in developing mice.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
An iron treatment trial in an Aboriginal community: Improving non‐adherence
Objective: To compare supervised vs unsupervised oral iron treatment in anaemic Aboriginal children living in a remote community… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
OUTCOME AT SCHOOL AGE OF CHILDREN WITH BIRTHWEIGHTS OF 1000 GRAMS OR LESS
A follow‐up study was done of extremely low‐birthweight infants (≤ 1000g) born between 1976 and 1979, a períod when aggressive… 
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
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Effects of prenatal methylazoxymethanol treatment on the development of central monoamine neurons.
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
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Intellectual Deficit Associated with Transplacentally Induced Microcephaly in the Rat
Fischer rats injected with methylazoxymethanol late in pregnancy produce young with considerably reduced cerebral hemispheres… 
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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