Articles of Potential Interest
August 2009*

Amini H, Axelsson O, Ollars B, Anneren G. 2009. The Swedish Birth Defects Registry: ascertainment and incidence of spina bifida and cleft lip/palate. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 88(6): 654-659. Abstract

Barbu D, Mert I, Kruger M, Bahado-Singh RO. 2009. Evidence of fetal central nervous system injury in isolated congenital heart defects: microcephaly at birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol 201(1): 43.e1-e7. Abstract

Bukowski R, Malone FD, Porter FT, Nyberg DA, Comstock CH, Hankins GDV, Eddleman K, Gross SJ, Dugoff L, Craigo SD, Timor-Tritsch IE, Carr SR, Wolfe HM, D'Alton ME. 2009. Preconceptional folate supplementation and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth: a cohort study. PLoS Med 6(5): e1000061. Abstract

Carmichael SL, Ma C, Werler MM, Olney RS, Shaw GM. 2009. Maternal corticosteroid use and hypospadias. J Pediatr 155(1): 39-44. Abstract

Caton AR, Bell EM, Druschel CM, Werler MM, Lin AE, Browne ML, McNutt LA, Romitti PA, Mitchell AA, Olney RS, Correa A. 2009. Antihypertensive medication use during pregnancy and the risk of cardiovascular malformations. Hypertension 54(1): 63-70. Abstract

Chen BY, Hwang BF, Guo YL. 2009. Epidemiology of congenital anomalies in a population-based birth registry in Taiwan, 2002. J Formos Med Assoc 108(6): 460-468. Abstract

Felkner M, Suarez L, Canfield MA, Brender JD, Sun Q. 2009. Maternal serum homocysteine and risk for neural tube defects in a Texas-Mexico border population. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 85(6): 574-581. Abstract

Garcia-Guerra A, Neufeld LM, Hernandez-Cordero S, Rivera J, Martorell R, Ramakrishnan U. 2009. Prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation impact on biochemical indicators during pregnancy and postpartum. Salud Publica Mex 51(4): 327-335. Abstract

Garlantezec R, Monfort C, Rouget F, Cordier S. 2009. Maternal occupational exposure to solvents and congenital malformations: a prospective study in the general population. Occup Environ Med 66(7): 456-463. Abstract

Guosheng L, Hongmei S, Chuan N, Haiying L, Xiaopeng Z, Xianqiong L. 2009. The relationship of serum AGE levels in diabetic mothers with adverse fetal outcome. J Perinatol 29(7): 483-488. Abstract

Gyuris A, Donovan DJ, Seymour KA, Lovasco LA, Smilowitz NR, Halperin ALP, Klysik JE, Freiman RN. 2009. The chromatin-targeting protein Brd2 is required for neural tube closure and embryogenesis. Biochim Biophys Acta 1789(5): 413-421. Abstract

Lowry RB, Johnson CY, Gagnon F, Little J. 2009. Segregation analysis of cleft lip with or without cleft palate in the First Nations (Amerindian) people of British Columbia and review of isolated cleft palate etiologies. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 85(6): 568-573. Abstract

Luben TJ, Messer LC, Mendola P, Carozza SE, Horel SA, Langlois PH. 2009. Urban-rural residence and the occurrence of neural tube defects in Texas, 1999-2003. Health Place 15(3): 848-854. Abstract

Marazita ML, Lidral AC, Murray JC, Field LL, Maher BS, McHenry TG, Cooper ME, Govil M, Daack-Hirsch S, Riley B, Jugessur A, Felix T, Morene L, Mansilla MA, Vieira AR, Doheny K, Pugh E, Valencia-Ramirez C, Arcos-Burgos M. 2009. Genome scan, fine-mapping, and candidate gene analysis of non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate reveals phenotype-specific differences in linkage and association results. Hum Hered 68(3): 151-170. Abstract

Niklasson B, Samsioe A, Papadogiannakis N, Gustafsson S, Klitz W. 2009. Zoonotic Ljungan virus associated with central nervous system malformations in terminated pregnancy. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 85(6): 542-545. Abstract

Ochoa-Acuna H, Carbajo C. 2009. Risk of limb birth defects and mother's home proximity to cornfields. Sci Total Environ 407(15): 4447-4451. Abstract

Olesen C, Thrane N, Ronholt AM, Olsen J, Henriksen TB. 2009. Association between social position and congenital anomalies: a population-based study among 19,874 Danish women. Scand J Public Health 37(3): 246-251. Abstract

Oyen N, Boyd HA, Poulsen G, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. 2009. Familial recurrence of midline birth defects-a nationwide Danish cohort study. Am J Epidemiol 170(1): 46-52. Abstract

Petrova JG, Vaktskjold A. 2009. The incidence of neural tube defects in Norway and the Arkhangelskaja Oblast in Russia and the association with maternal age. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 88(6): 667-672. Abstract

Pickell L, Li DQ, Brown K, Mikael LG, Wang XL, Wu Q, Luo L, Jerome-Majewska L, Rozen R. 2009. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency and low dietary folate increase embryonic delay and placental abnormalities in mice. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 85(6): 531-541. Abstract

Pinto E, Barros H, Silva ID. 2009. Dietary intake and nutritional adequacy prior to conception and during pregnancy: a follow-up study in the north of Portugal. Public Health Nutr 12(7): 922-931. Abstract

Shaw GM, Lu W, Zhu HP, Yang W, Briggs FBS, Carmichael SL, Barcellos LF, Lammer EJ, Finnell RH. 2009. 118 SNPs of folate-related genes and risks of spina bifida and conotruncal heart defects. BMC Med Genet 10: 49. Abstract

Smith KA, Joziasse IC, Chocron S, van Dinther M, Guryev V, Verhoeven MC, Rehmann H, van der Smagt JJ, Doevendans PA, Cuppen E, Mulder BJ, ten Dijke P, Bakkers J. 2009. Dominant-negative ALK2 allele associates with congenital heart defects. Circulation 119(24): 3062-U42. Abstract

Szabo R, Hobson JP, Christoph K, Kosa P, List K, Bugge TH. 2009. Regulation of cell surface protease matriptase by HAI2 is essential for placental development neural tube closure and embryonic survival in mice. Development 136(15): 2653-2663. Abstract

Vu TTH, Nguyen TL, Nguyen CK, Nguyen TD, Skeaff CM, Venn BJ, Walmsley T, George PM, McLean J, Brown MR, Green TJ. 2009. Folate and vitamin B-12 status of women of reproductive age living in Hanoi City and Hai Duong Province of Vietnam. Public Health Nutr 12(7): 941-946. Abstract

Werler MM, Mitchell AA, Moore CA, Honein MA. 2009. Is there epidemiologic disruption as a pathogenesis evidence to support vascular of gastroschisis? Am J Med Genet A 149A(7): 1399-1406. Abstract

Wilson MP, Hugge C, Bielinska M, Nicholas P, Majerus PW, Wilson DB. 2009. Neural tube defects in mice with reduced levels of inositol 134-trisphosphate 5/6-kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106(24): 9831-9835. Abstract

Yuan P, Qiao L, Dai L, Wang YP, Zhou GX, Han Y, Liu XX, Zhang X, Cao Y, Liang J, Zhu J. 2009. Spatial distribution patterns of anorectal atresia/stenosis in China: use of two-dimensional graph-theoretical clustering. World J Gastroenterol 15(22): 2787-2793. Abstract

This list was compiled from searches of articles published in July 2009. Questions or comments about this list may be sent to webmaster@nbdpn.org.