Epidemiology of Human Congenital Malformations

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Källén, Bengt (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Obstetrics.; Maternal and child health services.; Pediatrics.; Reproductive medicine.; Epidemiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.; Maternal and Child Health.; Reproductive Medicine.

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 corres...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.