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Maria de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão
Researcher at Universidade Católica de Pernambuco
Publications - 22
Citations - 1014
Maria de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão is an academic researcher from Universidade Católica de Pernambuco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Microcephaly & Zika virus. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 17 publications receiving 879 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão include Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai & Federal University of Pernambuco.
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Description of 13 Infants Born During October 2015–January 2016 With Congenital Zika Virus Infection Without Microcephaly at Birth — Brazil
Vanessa van der Linden,André Pessoa,William B. Dobyns,A. James Barkovich,Hélio van der Linden Junior,Epitácio Leite Rolim Filho,Erlane Marques Ribeiro,Mariana de Carvalho Leal,Pablo Picasso de Araujo Coimbra,Maria de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão,Islane Verçosa,Camila V. Ventura,Regina Coeli Ferreira Ramos,Danielle Di Cavalcanti Sousa Cruz,Marli Tenório Cordeiro,Vivian Maria Ribeiro Mota,Mary Dott,Christina L Hillard,Cynthia A. Moore +18 more
TL;DR: Among infants with prenatal exposure to Zika virus, the absence of microcephaly at birth does not exclude congenital Zika virus infection or the presence of Zika-related brain and other abnormalities, and this findings support the recommendation for comprehensive medical and developmental follow-up of infants exposed to Zikairus prenatally.
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Clinical features and neuroimaging (CT and MRI) findings in presumed Zika virus related congenital infection and microcephaly: retrospective case series study
Maria de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão,Vanessa van der Linden,Alessandra Mertens Brainer-Lima,Regina Ramos Coeli,Maria Angela Wanderley Rocha,Paula Fabiana Sobral da Silva,M Carvalho,Ana van der Linden,Arthur Cesário de Holanda,Marcelo Moraes Valença +9 more
TL;DR: Severe cerebral damage was found on imaging in most of the children in this case series with congenital infection presumably associated with the Zika virus.
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Congenital Zika syndrome with arthrogryposis: retrospective case series study.
Vanessa van der Linden,Epitácio Leite Rolim Filho,Otávio Gomes Lins,Ana van der Linden,Maria de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão,Alessandra Mertens Brainer-Lima,Danielle Di Cavalcanti Sousa Cruz,Maria Angela Wanderley Rocha,Paula Fabiana Sobral da Silva,M Carvalho,Fernando José do Amaral,Joelma Arruda Gomes,Igor Colaço Ribeiro de Medeiros,Camila V. Ventura,Regina Coeli Ferreira Ramos +14 more
TL;DR: The arthrogryposis was unrelated to the abnormalities of the joints themselves, but was possibly of neurogenic origin, with chronic involvement of central and peripheral motor neurones leading to deformities as a result of fixed postures in utero.
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Follow-up brain imaging of 37 children with congenital Zika syndrome: case series study.
Natacha Calheiros de Lima Petribu,Maria de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão,Vanessa van der Linden,Paul M. Parizel,Patricia Jungmann,Luziany Carvalho Araújo,Marilia de Brito Abath,Andrezza Fernandes,Alessandra Mertens Brainer-Lima,Arthur Cesário de Holanda,Roberto José Vieira de Mello,Camila Sarteschi,Maria do Carmo Menezes Bezerra Duarte +12 more
TL;DR: The detection of cerebral calcifications should not be considered a major criterion for late diagnosis of congenital Zika syndrome, nor should the absence of calcifications be used to exclude the diagnosis.
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Discordant clinical outcomes of congenital Zika virus infection in twin pregnancies.
Vanessa van der Linden,Hélio van der Linden Junior,Mariana de Carvalho Leal,Epitácio Leite Rolim Filho,Ana van der Linden,Maria de Fátima Viana Vasco Aragão,Alessandra Mertens Brainer-Lima,Danielle Di Cavalcanti Sousa Cruz,Liana O. Ventura,Telma Lúcia Tabosa Florêncio,Marli Tenório Cordeiro,Silvio da Silva Caudas Neto,Regina Coeli Ferreira Ramos +12 more
TL;DR: Two cases of twin pregnancies exposed to the Zika virus, but with only one of the fetuses affected with microcephaly and brain damage are reported, indicating the urgent need for more studies regarding the pathophysiology of viral infection and the mechanisms involved in the natural protection against the virus.