Pregnancy complications. Johns Hopkins Medicine. First trimester screening, nuchal translucency and NIPT. MedlinePlus. Fetal echocardiography. Sharma D, Shastri S, Sharma P. Intrauterine growth ...

Fetal echo is short for fetal echocardiogram, an ultrasound test doctors use to look for congenital heart disease (CHD). This disease affects around 1% of births each year and encompasses a wide ...

Objective To describe infants aged <12 months reported with microcephaly to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) following emergence of Zika virus infection internationally. Design, ...

Although Zika virus infection is rarely fatal in healthy individuals, it poses a significant threat to pregnant women, as it can cause severe fetal complications such as microcephaly, leading to ...

A lissencephaly disorder occurs in just 1.2 of 100,000 births. Beyond specific genetic changes (like the LIS1 gene with lissencephaly type 1), it can be caused by poor blood flow to the fetal brain or ...

Differences in definitions and measurement techniques between fetuses and newborns pose a great challenge for the diagnosis and prognostication of fetal microcephaly. A false positive diagnosis can ...

Zika virus (ZIKV) can be transmitted from mother to fetus during pregnancy, causing adverse fetal outcomes. Several studies have indicated that ZIKV can damage the fetal brain directly; however, ...

The evidences supporting the association of ZIKV infection with congenital microcephaly and fetal brain tissue damage is rapidly increasing, and supplying recent information about pathology, clinical ...