Microcephaly measurement in adults and its association with clinical variables.

Nicole Rezende da Costa Livia Mancine Rogerio Salvini Juliana de Melo Teixeira Roberta Diehl Rodriguez Renata Elaine Paraizo Leite Camila Nascimento Carlos Augusto Pasqualucci Ricardo Nitrini Julia Maria D'Andréa Greve Beny Lafer Lea Tenenholz Grinberg Claudia Kimie Suemoto Paula Villela Nunes

Published in: Revista de saude publica (2022)

Head circumference was related to cerebral volume. Due to its low cost and easy use, head circumference can be used as a screening test for microcephaly, adjusting it for gender and height. Microcephaly was associated with dementia at old age.

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optical coherence tomography
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