Sentences with phrase «small head size»

The outbreak of Zika, a mosquito - borne disease, was detected last year in Brazil, where it has been linked to more than 1,700 cases of microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to severe developmental problems.

intrauterine growth retardation (also known as fetal growth restriction) that affects brain growth in utero, resulting in a very small head size at birth

Although Zika infections typically cause only mild symptoms, concerns have been heightened by Brazil's reports of an unusual increase in microcephaly — unusually small head size — in babies born in areas where the virus is circulating.

U.S. health officials have concluded that Zika infections in pregnant women can cause microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to severe developmental problems in babies.

Each affects at most one in every 15,000 babies, and children with the syndromes are nothing alike: Those with Prader - Willi are short, have delayed puberty, and eat excessively, whereas those with Angelman have severe developmental delays, and often have epilepsy and a small head size.

A tiny change — just one mutation — appears to have boosted the modern Zika virus's ability to attack fetal brain cells, fueling the wave of birth defects involving microcephaly (small head size) that recently swept across the Americas.

Some babies infected by Zika may not have a small head size if the ventricles remain excessively enlarged.

Previously, children with typical facial features, growth restriction and / or microcephaly (small head size) could be given a diagnosis of FASD without neurobehavioral impairment (i.e., behavioral or cognitive abnormalities that can not be explained by genetics, family background, or environment).

A small head size relative to the size of the brain can cause Chiari malformation and Syringomyelia (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel).