AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY OF CONGENITAL-MALFORMATIONS OF THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL-WALL IN MORE THAN HALF A MILLION CONSECUTIVE LIVE BIRTHS
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 33 (3) , 470-478
Abstract
The records of an ongoing health surveillance registry were used to study the incidence rate of congenital malformations of the anterior abdominal wall in live-born children in British Columbia [Canada] during the period 1964-1978 inclusive. No overall increase in incidence rate of these anomalies were detected. The estimated live-born incidence rates were: 1 in 4175 live births for omphalocoele, 1 in 12,328 live births for gastroschisis and 1 in 29,231 live births for prune belly. The data were analyzed with regard to sex and associated anomalies. Some practical implications regarding assessment of these infants are discussed.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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