An alarming rise in Brazil in the number of cases of babies born with smaller-than-normal heads — a condition known as microcephaly — has public health officials racing to determine if the cause is a ...

Microcephaly is a rare neurological condition. In comparison with children the same age, a child with microcephaly has a smaller head and, on occasion, a smaller brain. Abnormal brain development ...

As the number of Zika-linked microcephaly cases in Brazil continues to rise, Brazilian physicians are in desperate need of diagnostic and imaging tools—and, most important, answers, says Rosana ...

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As the Zika virus spreads, hitting 52 countries to date according to the World Health Organization’s Friday update, health authorities are increasingly worried about microcephaly. At the same time, ...

Microcephaly can either be isolated or it may coexist with other neurological entities and/or multiple congenital anomalies, known as syndromic microcephaly. Although many syndromic cases can be ...

As of Jan. 29, only six of the 270 confirmed babies with microcephaly also tested positive for Zika. For example, on Jan. 28, when reporters asked about “the numbers” supporting a causal link between ...

Measuring head circumference (also known as occipito-frontal circumference) is a significant part of the proper evaluation of a child’s growth and development, as it represents a direct indication of ...