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The National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) was founded in 1997. It is a 501 (c)3 not-for-profit volunteer organization whose members are involved in birth defects surveillance, prevention and research. It was created with help from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish and maintain a national network of state ...
Feet of a baby born to a mother who had taken thalidomide while pregnant. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the use of thalidomide in 46 countries by women who were pregnant or who subsequently became pregnant resulted in the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever," with more than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as phocomelia, as well as thousands of ...
The CDC and National Birth Defect Project studied the incidence of birth defects in the US. Key findings include: Down syndrome was the most common condition with an estimated prevalence of 14.47 per 10,000 live births, implying about 6,000 diagnoses each year. About 7,000 babies are born with a cleft palate, cleft lip or both.
The birth defects caused by thalidomide led to the development of greater drug regulation and monitoring in many countries. [9] [11] It was approved in the United States in 1998 for use as a treatment for cancer. [6] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [12] It is available as a generic medication. [8] [13]
Birth Defects Research. Birth Defects Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal of birth defects published by Wiley on behalf of the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention, which was established in 1960 as the Teratology Society. [1] It is in its 111th volume. [2] The editor is Michel Vekemans.
Waardenburg syndrome is a group of rare genetic conditions characterised by at least some degree of congenital hearing loss and pigmentation deficiencies, which can include bright blue eyes (or one blue eye and one brown eye), a white forelock or patches of light skin. These basic features constitute type 2 of the condition; in type 1, there is ...
Cleft lips and palates are occasionally seen in cattle and dogs, and rarely in goats, sheep, cats, horses, pandas and ferrets. Most commonly, the defect involves the lip, rhinarium, and premaxilla. Clefts of the hard and soft palate are sometimes seen with a cleft lip. The cause is usually hereditary.
Situs ambiguus (from Latin 'ambiguous site'), or heterotaxy, is a rare congenital defect in which the major visceral organs are distributed abnormally within the chest and abdomen. Clinically, heterotaxy spectrum generally refers to any defect of left-right asymmetry and arrangement of the visceral organs; however, classical heterotaxy requires ...