Frequency of holoprosencephaly in the international clearinghouse birth defects surveillance systems: Searching for population variations

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 585-591

  Leoncini, Emanuele ^a   Baranello, Giovanni ^b   Orioli, Iêda M ^c   Annerén, Göran ^d   Bakker, Marian ^e   Bianchi, Fabrizio ^f   Bower, Carol ^g   Canfield, Mark A ^h   Castilla, Eduardo E ^c   Cocchi, Guido ⁱ   Correa, Adolfo ^j   De Vigan, Catherine ^k   Doray, Berenice ^l   Feldkamp, Marcia L ^m   Gatt, Miriam ⁿ   Irgens, Lorentz M ^o   Lowry, R Brian ^p   Maraschini, Alice ^a   McDonnell, Robert ^q   Morgan, Margery ^r   Mutchinick, Osvaldo ^s   Poetzsch, Simone ^t   Riley, Merilyn ^u   Ritvanen, Annukka ^v   Gnansia, Elisabeth Robert ^w   Scarano, Gioacchino ^x   Sipek, Antonin ^y   Tenconi, Romano ^z   Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo ^a   more..

^a Centre of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^g Women and Newborn Health Service   (Australia)

^h Texas Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^j NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^k INSERM   (France)

^l HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ Department of Health Information and Research ^*  (Malta)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^p Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System   (Canada)

^q DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^r SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^s INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^t OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^u Birth Defects Register   (Australia)

^v NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^w UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^x G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^y INSTITUTE FOR THE CARE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Czech Republic)

^z UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Brain malformations; Epidemiology; Holoprosencephaly; ICBDSR; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 50249169215     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20479     Document Type: Article

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