Congenital Malformations in the Newborn Population: A Population Study and Analysis of the Effect of Sex and Prematurity

• Main Authors: Alexander Egbe (Author), Santosh Uppu (Author), Simon Lee (Author), Annemarie Stroustrup (Author), Deborah Ho (Author), Shubhika Srivastava (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital malformation (CM) is a leading cause of infant mortality. We hypothesized that the current estimates of the prevalence of CM are obsolete because of the increased rate of terminating fetuses with severe CMs and the widespread use of prenatal vitamins. Methods: This population-based cross-...