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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 11
| Issue : 3 | Page : 223-224 |
Perinatal chikungunya in twins
Vikneswari Karthiga, Peter Prasanth Kumar Kommu, Lalitha Krishnan
Department of Pediatrics, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India
Correspondence Address:
Lalitha Krishnan
Department of Pediatrics, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Ganapathychettykulam, Puducherry - 605 014
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.193369
We report a case of vertically transmitted chikungunya infection in heterozygous twin neonates presenting as seizures, encephalopathy, midfacial hyperpigmentation, anemia, and thrombocytopenia. This could be considered as a rare cause of neonatal seizure and identification would help in appropriate management.
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