Amelia: A multi-center descriptive epidemiologic study in a large dataset from the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, and overview of the literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 288-304

  Bermejo Sánchez, Eva ^a,b,c   Cuevas, Lourdes ^b,c   Amar, Emmanuelle ^d   Bakker, Marian K ^e   Bianca, Sebastiano ^f   Bianchi, Fabrizio ^g   Canfield, Mark A ^h   Castilla, Eduardo E ^i,j,z   Clementi, Maurizio ^k   Cocchi, Guido ^l   Feldkamp, Marcia L ^m,n   Landau, Danielle ^o   Leoncini, Emanuele ^p   Li, Zhu ^q   Lowry, R Brian ^r   Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo ^p   Mutchinick, Osvaldo M ^s   Rissmann, Anke ^t   Ritvanen, Annukka ^u   Scarano, Gioacchino ^v   Siffel, Csaba ^w   Szabova, Elena ^x   Martínez Frías, María Luisa ^b,c,y   more..

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^d Rhone Alps Registry of Birth Defects REMERA   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f Centro di Consulenza Genetica e di Teratologia della Riproduzione   (Italy)

^g FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

^h TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

ⁱ INAGEMP Instituto Nacional de Genetica Medica Populacional   (Brazil)

^j INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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

ⁿ UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^o BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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

^q PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^r Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System   (Canada)

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

^t OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^u NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^v General Hospital G Rummo Benevento   (Italy)

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

^x SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^y UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^z CEMIC   (Argentina)

more..

Author keywords

Amelia; Epidemiology; Frequency; ICBDSR; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARM; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CLEFT LIP PALATE; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIMB; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PHOCOMELIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; STILLBIRTH;

AMERICAS; AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHINA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ECTROMELIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054863766     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: 15524876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30319     Document Type: Article

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