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Zika-Related Microcephaly and Its Repercussions for the Urinary Tract: Clinical, Urodynamic, Scintigraphic and Radiological Aspects.

Rômulo Augusto Lucena de VasconcelosRicardo Arraes de Alencar XimenesAdriano Almeida CaladoCelina Maria Turchi MartelliAndreia Veras GonçalvesElizabeth Bailey BrickleyThalia Velho Barreto de AraújoMaria Angela Wanderley RochaDemócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho
Published in: Viruses (2022)
Urodynamic abnormalities in children aged 3 to 5 years with Zika-related microcephaly do not seem to characterize a neurogenic bladder with immediate risks for the upper urinary tract. The satisfactory bladder emptying suggests that the voiding pattern is reflex.
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