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The effects of congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) on the tooth development of infected children are not well known. The aim of this study was to analyze the association of CZS with dental alterations in children with microcephaly seen at a referral hospital in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The chronology and sequence of tooth eruption and the presence o...
The Zika virus was responsible for an outbreak between 2015 and 2016 in Brazil: an alarming public health problem of international relevance. The Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) is often associated with manifestations that are responsible for cognitive and motor development delays and behavioral disorders. Thus, we aimed to characterize the clinical...
Objective: The risk of congenital syphilis for neonatal hearing loss is currently unclear. In this study we determined the occurrence of risk for hearing loss during follow-up of neonatal hearing screening in infants with congenital syphilis during the first two months of life.
Methodology: Prospective cross-sectional study. Automatic auditory brai...
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This study aimed to assess whether microcephaly is a risk factor for alterations in the chronology and sequence of tooth eruption and for developmental defects of enamel.
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In this case-control study, 81 children aged 30 to 36 months, including 40 normoreactive children and 41 with microcephaly, were submitted to...
The congenital Zika virus syndrome (CZS) presents a wide spectrum of congenital abnormalities, especially neurological alterations, such as microcephaly (1). Recent studies have evaluated congenital heart disease (CHD) as a possible component of the CZS spectrum (2). In the same way as in congenital rubella syndrome (CRS)(1), cardiac malformations...
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Children with Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) present structural cortical changes that may compromise the integrity of their connections with urinary and digestive systems, causing bowel and bladder dysfunctions.
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To evaluate bladder and bowel dysfunction (BBD) in children with CZS.
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This is an observational cross...
ABSTRACT Purpose: to evaluate the cognitive, language, and motor development of infants with congenital syphilis in their first months of life. Methods: a sample of 52 infants, from 21 to 112 days of age, born in public maternity hospitals, divided into a study group of 28 infants with congenital syphilis and a control group 24 infants without risk...
Objetivo: Descrever o perfil epidemiológico e as alterações oculares em recém-nascidos acompanhados em um ambulatório de síndrome congênita do vírus Zika (SCZ) no Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes (HUOL), em Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Metodologia: Estudo retrospectivo, transversal e descritivo pela análise de prontuários de 32 pacientes com diag...
