Epidemiology of multiple congenital anomalies in Europe: A EUROCAT population-based registry study

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 270-276

  Calzolari, Elisa ^a   Barisic, Ingeborg ^b   Loane, Maria ^c   Morris, Joan ^d   Wellesley, Diana ^e   Dolk, Helen ^c   Addor, Marie Claude ^f   Arriola, Larraitz ^g   Bianchi, Fabrizio ^h   Neville, Amanda J ^a   Budd, Judith L S ⁱ   Klungsoyr, Kari ^j   Khoshnood, Babak ^k   Mcdonnell, Bob ^l   Nelen, Vera ^m   Queisser Luft, Annette ⁿ   Rankin, Judith ^o   Rissmann, Anke ^p   Rounding, Catherine ^q   Tucker, David ^r   Verellen Dumoulin, Christine ^s   de Walle, Hermien ^t   Garne, Ester ^u   more..

^a IMER Registry Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f Division of Medical Genetics   (Switzerland)

^g BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^k INSERM   (France)

^l HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^m Provincial Institute for Hygiene   (Belgium)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^o NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^r PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^s INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Belgium)

^t UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^u KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

more..

Author keywords

Classification; Epidemiology; Multiple congenital anomalies; Prenatal diagnosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CONGENITAL ANOMALY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84898959897     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23240     Document Type: Article

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