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Racial and prenatal factors in major congenital malformations.

C S Chung, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1968 - 
- Vol. 20, Iss: 1, pp 44-60
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This article is published in American Journal of Human Genetics.The article was published on 1968-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 105 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Syndactyly.

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Male reproductive health and environmental xenoestrogens

TL;DR: The growing number of reports demonstrating that common environmental contaminants and natural factors possess estrogenic activity presents the working hypothesis that the adverse trends in male reproductive health may be, at least in part, associated with exposure to estrogenic or other hormonally active environmental chemicals during fetal and childhood development.
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How sexually dimorphic are we? Review and synthesis

TL;DR: It is concluded that this frequency of deviation from the ideal male or female may be as high as 2% of live births and the frequency of individuals receiving “corrective” genital surgery probably runs between 1 and 2 per 1,000 live births.
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Classification and birth prevalence of orofacial clefts

TL;DR: Evaluation of each child on a "case" level is supported, and provides a framework for genetic counseling and other studies focused on causes and prevention of these serious anomalies.
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Pre-Conception Care of Diabetes, Congenital Malformations, and Spontaneous Abortions

TL;DR: The purpose of this technical review is to provide the detailed background to the American Diabetes Association's Position Statement on clinical guidelines for pre-conception care of women with diabetes.
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The incidence of congenital malformations: a study of 5,964 pregnancies.

TL;DR: A prospective study of the outcome of 5,964 pregnancies, with special emphasis on the relationship of factors in fetal environment to the incidence of abortions, stillbirths, neonatal mortality and congenital malformations, finds thatMalformations of musculo-skeletal system and skin were more frequent than mal Formations of other systems.
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Congenital Malformations of the Central Nervous System in Scotland

TL;DR: The present communication considers data re lating to stillbirths due to anencephalus, spina bifida, and hydrocephalus, and to infant deaths due to spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.
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