title: Microcephaly due to fetal brain disruption sequence. Case report.
abstract: A case of microcephaly that developed intrauterine is described. Since it began three weeks after a car accident during second trimester of pregnancy, we attribute it to "brain disruption sequence" resulting in an arrest of brain development after the injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gabis
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gelman-Kohan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mogilner
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000196:embryology / Q000209:etiology; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008831:Microcephaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000196:embryology / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal