Birth Defects Studied in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study |
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System Affected |
Birth Defect Studied |
Cardiovascular |
Conotruncal heart defects, septal heart defects, obstructive heart defects, atrioventricular septal defects, single ventricle, anomalous pulmonary venous return, heterotaxy, Ebstein malformation |
Central nervous system |
Neural tube defects, hydrocephaly, holoprosencephaly, Dandy-Walker malformation |
Eye |
Anophthalmia/microphthalmia, congenital cataracts, glaucoma |
Ear |
Anotia/microtia |
Orofacial |
Choanal atresia, cleft lip, cleft palate |
Gastrointestinal |
Esophageal atresia, tracheoesophageal fistula, intestinal atresia, biliary atresia |
Genitourinary |
Renal agenesis (bilateral) hypospadias (2nd or 3rd degree) |
Musculoskeletal |
Diaphragmatic hernia, gastroschisis, omphalocele, limb deficiency, craniosynostosis, bladed exstrophy, cloacal exstrophy, cloacal exstrophy, sacral agenesis/ caudal regression |
Non-system-specific |
Amniotic band sequence |
File Type | application/msword |
File Title | Birth Defects Studied in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study |
Author | Sarah Ruuska |
Last Modified By | tay7 |
File Modified | 2008-05-05 |
File Created | 2008-05-05 |