BookBengt Källén.
Summary: Authored by Bengt Kallen, professor emeritus in embryology at Lund University in Sweden. The subject of this book is to describe the occurrence of congenital malformations among children born and what risk factors exist. Population data are presented for a number of malformations, ascertained with the use of data from the Swedish national health registers for the period 1998-2010 corresponding to some 1.3 million births, together with prospectively collected information on a group of exposures of possible interest.
Contents:
A Short History of Birth Defect Epidemiology
Genetic and Non-genetic Factors in the Origin of Congenital Malformations
Ascertainment of Children with Congenital Malformations
Statistical Considerations
Epidemiological Methods
Neural Tube Defects
Microcephaly
Hydrocephaly
Agenesis of Corpus Callosum and Holoprosencephaly
Severe Eye Malformations
Severe Ear Malformations
Cardiovascular Defects
Orofacial Clefts
Atresia or Stenosis of the Alimentary Tract
Pyloric Stenosis
Malrotation of the Gut
Megacolon
Hypospadias
Epispadias, Cloacal and Bladder Exstrophy
Severe Renal Malformations
Posterior Urethral Valve
Pes Equinovarus
Other Foot Deformities than Pes Equinovarus
Polydactyly and Syndactyly
Limb Reduction Defects
Craniostenosis
Diaphragmatic Hernia
Abdominal Wall Defects
Children with multiple malformations
Syndromes
Down Syndrome
Explanation and Prevention of Birth Defects
Eight Commandments: Rules for the Interpretation of Birth Defect Epidemiological Studies.