 Microcephaly
"Microcephaly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A congenital abnormality in which the CEREBRUM is underdeveloped, the fontanels close prematurely, and, as a result, the head is small. (Desk Reference for Neuroscience, 2nd ed.)
| Descriptor ID |
D008831
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.660.207.620 C10.500.507.400.500 C16.131.621.207.620 C16.131.666.507.400.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Severe Congenital Microcephaly- Severe Congenital Microcephaly
- Congenital Microcephalies, Severe
- Congenital Microcephaly, Severe
- Microcephalies, Severe Congenital
- Microcephaly, Severe Congenital
- Severe Congenital Microcephalies
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2020 | 12 | 3 | 15 | | 2021 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2022 | 8 | 1 | 9 | | 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2024 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microcephaly" by people in Profiles.
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Silva MVM, Ximenes RAA, Filho DBM, Martelli CMT, de Araújo TVB, Brickley E, Fontes JMSSA, Fulco GRN, Sá ACCL, Cordeiro MT, Castanha PMDS, Dos Santos Oliveira PA, Montarroyos UR. Kinetics of neutralizing and binding antibody responses following Zika virus infection during pregnancy: A nested analysis of participants from the microcephaly epidemic research group (MERG) and Zika in infants and pregnancy (ZIP) cohorts. Virus Res. 2026 Jun; 368:199725.
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Poff AJ, Moss ND, Silver DL. Impaired cortical development and translational control in a missense mouse model of DDX3X syndrome. Dis Model Mech. 2025 11 01; 18(11).
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Lebov JF, Nason M, Stolka KB, Ximenes R, Mussi-Pinhata MM, Moye J, Zorrilla CD, Velez Vega CM, Cordero JF, Scalabrin DMF, Ko AI, Moreira MEL, Galvão LA, Britt W, Marques ETA, Balmaseda A, Harris E, Arias JF, Schultz-Cherry S, Garces AL, Krebs NF, Ochoa TJ, Ugarte-Gil CA, Fogleman E, Gabriel E, Welton M, Irizarry CM, de Moura Negrini SB, Coutinho CM, de Barros Miranda-Filho D, Montarroyos UR, Cordeiro MT, Gajewski A, Osorio JE, Figueroa L. Zika in Infants and Pregnancy (ZIP) study: results from a prospective international cohort study of prenatal Zika virus infection and adverse fetal and infant outcomes. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025 Aug 30; 25(1):903.
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Rhodes C, Rees B, Dubbs H, Lesser M, Morgan L, Benke TA, Percy A, Neul JL, Marsh ED. Natural history of epilepsy in FOXG1 Syndrome. Epilepsy Res. 2025 Dec; 218:107644.
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Fontes JMSSA, Miranda-Filho DB, Montarroyos UR, de Araújo TVB, Turchi Martelli CM, Rodrigues LC, Brickley E, de Albuquerque MFPM, Souza WV, Ventura LMVO, Ventura CVO, Gois AL, Gouveia MCL, Oliveira DMDS, Eickmann SH, Carvalho MDCG, da Silva PFS, Rocha MÂW, Ramos RCF, Brandão-Filho SP, Cordeiro MT, Bezerra LCA, Dimech GS, Alves SV, Ferreira Neto PP, Castanha PMDS, Dhalia R, Marques ETA, Fulco GRN, Silva MVM, Ximenes RAA. Relative and attributable risks of neurological and perinatal adverse outcomes among children with and without prenatal Zika virus exposure in Northeast Brazil: A prospective cohort study (2015-2018). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Aug; 19(8):e0013344.
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Lucena Sá ACC, Oliveira ALS, Miranda-Filho DB, Martelli CMT, Araújo TVB, Brickley EB, Ximenes RAA, Montarroyos UR. Mapping the risk of Zika virus infections in pregnant persons and microcephaly in newborns in relation to socioeconomic indicators in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil: A spatial analysis (2015 to 2021). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Jul; 19(7):e0013240.
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Ramos DS, Ferreira Muniz L, de Carvalho Leal M, Miranda Filho DB, Ximenes RAA, Brickley E, de Araujo TVB, Martelli CMT, Caldas Neto SDS. Late-onset hearing loss was not observed among preschool- aged children with prenatal Zika virus exposure: An analysis of the Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group Pediatric Cohort (2015-2019). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Apr; 19(4):e0013033.
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Asturias EJ, Connery AK, Olson D, Lamb MM, Paniagua-Avila A, Anderson EJ, Focht C, Colbert AM, Natrajan M, Waggoner JJ, Scherer E, Calvimontes DM, Bolaños GA, Bauer D, Arroyave P, Hernández S, Martinez MA, Ralda AV, Rojop N, Barrios EE, Chacon A, Dempsey W, Tomashek KM, Keitel WA, El Sahly HM, Muñoz FM. Postnatal Zika and Dengue Infection and their Effects on Neurodevelopment Among Children Living in Rural Guatemala. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2025 Apr 01; 44(4):290-298.
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Schwartz DA, Dashraath P, Baud D. Oropouche Virus (OROV) in Pregnancy: An Emerging Cause of Placental and Fetal Infection Associated with Stillbirth and Microcephaly following Vertical Transmission. Viruses. 2024 09 09; 16(9).
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Huang Y, Jay KL, Yen-Wen Huang A, Wan J, Jangam SV, Chorin O, Rothschild A, Barel O, Mariani M, Iascone M, Xue H, Huang J, Mignot C, Keren B, Saillour V, Mah-Som AY, Sacharow S, Rajabi F, Costin C, Yamamoto S, Kanca O, Bellen HJ, Rosenfeld JA, Palmer CGS, Nelson SF, Wangler MF, Martinez-Agosto JA. Loss-of-function in RBBP5 results in a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder associated with microcephaly. Genet Med. 2024 Nov; 26(11):101218.
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