Articles of Potential Interest
July 2009*
Bakker DJ, de Jong-van den Berg LTW, Fokkema MR. 2009. Controlled
study on folate status following folic acid supplementation
and discontinuation in women of child-bearing age. Ann
Clin Biochem 46: 231-234. Abstract
Bowman RM, Boshnjaku V, McLone DG. 2009. The changing
incidence of myelomeningocele and its impact on pediatric neurosurgery:
a review from the Children's Memorial Hospital. Childs
Nerv Syst 25(7): 801-806. Abstract
Brown WR. 2009. Association of preterm birth with brain
malformations. Pediatr Res 65(6): 642-646. Abstract
Burrow TA, Saal HM, de Alarcon A, Martin LJ, Cotton RT, Hopkin
RJ. 2009. Characterization of congenital anomalies in
individuals with choanal atresia. Arch Otolaryngol Head
Neck Surg 135(6): 543-547. Abstract
Canun-Serrano S, Reyes-Pablo AE, Sanchez-Sanchez M, Jaime-Gomez
L, Centeno-Morones FD, Falcon-Bernal I, Legorreta-Garcia, MC,
Valdes-Hernandez J. 2009.Periconceptional use of folic
acid in health centers from the territorial sanitary jurisdiction
of Tlalpan, Mexico City. Gac Med Mex 145(2): 115-120. Abstract
Coonrod DV, Bruce NC, Malcolm TD, Drachman D, Frey KA. 2009. Knowledge
and attitudes regarding preconception care in a predominantly
low-income Mexican American population. Am J Obstet
Gynecol 200(6): 686. Abstract
Dadmehr M, Nejat F, El Khashab M, Ansari S, Baradaran N, Ertiaei
A, Bateni F. 2009. Risk factors associated with occipital
encephalocele: a case-control study. J Neurosurg Pediatr
3(6): 534-537. Abstract
Dawson S, Glasson EJ, Dixon G, Bower C. 2009. Birth
defects in children with autism spectrum disorders: a population-based,
nested case-control study. Am J Epidemiol 169(11):
1296-1303. Abstract
De la Vega A, Lopez-Cepero R. 2009. Seasonal variations
in the incidence of some congenital anomalies in Puerto Rico
based on the timing of conception. P R Health Sci
J 28(2): 121-125. Abstract
de Licona HK, Karacay B, Mahoney J, McDonald E, Luang T, Bonthius
DJ. 2009. A single exposure to alcohol during brain development
induces microencephaly and neuronal losses in genetically susceptible
mice, but not in wild type mice. Neurotoxicology 30(3):
459-470. Abstract
De Souza E, Alberman E, Morris JK. 2009. Down syndrome
and paternal age, a new analysis of case-control data collected
in the 1960s. Am J Med Genet A 149A(6): 1205-1208. Abstract
Genisca AE, Frias JL, Broussard CS, Honein MA, Lammer EJ, Moore
CA, Shaw GM, Murray JC, Yang W, Rasmussen SA. 2009. Orofacial
clefts in the national birth defects prevention study, 1997-2004. Am
J Med Genet A 149A(6): 1149-1158. Abstract
Incici E, Matuliene G, Husler J, Salvi GE, Pjetursson B, Bragger
U. 2009. Cumulative costs for the prosthetic reconstructions
and maintenance in young adult patients with birth defects affecting
the formation of teeth. Clin Oral Implants Res 20(7):
715-721. Abstract
Jensen DM, Korsholm L, Ovesen P, Beck-Nielsen H, Moelsted-Pedersen
L, Westergaard JG, Moeller M, Damm P. 2009. Peri-conceptional
A1C and risk of serious adverse pregnancy outcome in 933 women
with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care 32(6): 1046-1048. Abstract
Khambalia A, O'Connor DL, Zlotkin S. 2009. Periconceptional
iron and folate Status is inadequate among married, nulliparous
women in rural Bangladesh. J
Nutr 139(6): 1179-1184. Abstract
Langlois PH, Brender JD, Suarez L, Zhan FB, Mistry JH, Scheuerle
A, Moody K. 2009. Maternal residential proximity to waste
sites and industrial facilities and conotruncal heart defects
in offspring. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 23(4): 321-331. Abstract
Leeming RJ, Lucock M. 2009.Autism: is there a folate
connection? J Inherit Metab Dis 32(3): 400-402. Abstract
Lennestal R, Olausson PO, Kallen B. 2009. Maternal use
of antihypertensive drugs in early pregnancy and delivery outcome,
notably the presence of congenital heart defects in the infants. Eur
J Clin Pharmacol 65(6): 615-625. Abstract
Loane M, Dolk H, Morris JK. 2009. Maternal age-specific
risk of non-chromosomal anomalies. BJOG 116(8): 1111-1119. Abstract
Long XD, Yang Z, Zeng Y, Li HL, Han YY, You C. 2009. Gene
expression in retinoic acid-induced neural tube defects. Neural
Regen Res 4(3): 165-170. Abstract
Mah VK, Zamakhshary M, Mah DY, Cameron B, Bass J, Bohn D, Scott
L, Himidan S, Walker M, Kim PCW. 2009. Absolute vs relative
improvements in congenital diaphragmatic hernia survival: what
happened to "hidden mortality." J Pediatr
Surg 44(5): 877-882. Abstract
Massimi L, Paternoster G, Fasano T, Di Rocco C. 2009. On
the changing epidemiology of hydrocephalus. Childs
Nerv Syst 25(7): 795-800. Abstract
Mendoza RL. 2009. Public health policy and medical missions
in the Philippines: the case of oral-facial clefting. Asia
Pac J Public Health 21(1): 94-103. Abstract
Nguyen P, Thomas M, Koren G. 2009. Predictors of prenatal
multivitamin adherence in pregnant women. J Clin Pharmacol
49(6): 735-742. Abstract
Owens GE, Gomez-Fifer C, Gelehrter S, Owens ST. 2009. Outcomes
for patients with unbalanced atrioventricular septal defects.
Pediatr Cardiol 30(4): 431-435. Abstract
Parrott R, Volkman JE, Hillemeier MM, Weisman CS, Chase GA,
Dyer AM. 2009. Pregnancy intentions and folic acid supplementation
exemplars: findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health
Study. J Health Commun 14(4): 366-383. Abstract
Payne NR, Pfleghaar K, Assel B, Johnson A, Rich RH. 2009. Predicting
the outcome of newborns with gastroschisis. J Pediatr
Surg 44(5): 918-923. Abstract
Shah PS, Ohlsson A. 2009. Effects of prenatal multimicronutrient
supplementation on pregnancy outcomes: a meta-analysis. CMAJ
180(12): E99-E108. Abstract
Song MS, Hu A, Dyhamenahali U, Chitayat D, Winsor EJT, Ryan
G, Smallhorn J, Barrett J, Yoo SJ, Hornberger LK. 2009. Extracardiac
lesions and chromosomal abnormalities associated with major fetal
heart defects: comparison of intrauterine, postnatal and postmortem
diagnoses. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 33(5): 552-559. Abstract
Sull JW, Liang KY, Hetmanski JB, Fallin MD, Ingersoll RG, Park
J, Wu-Chou YH, Chen PK, Chong SS, Cheah F, Yeow V, Park BY, Jee
SH, Jabs EW, Redett R, Scott AF, Beaty TH. 2009. Maternal
transmission effects of the PAX genes among cleft case-parent
trios from four populations. Eur J Hum Genet 17(6):
831-839. Abstract
Sun G, Tang DX, Liang JF, Wu MY. 2009. Increasing prevalence
of hypospadias associated with various perinatal risk factors
in Chinese newborns. Urology 73(6): 1241-1245. Abstract
Therapontos C, Erskine L, Gardner ER, Figg WD, Vargesson N.
2009.Thalidomide induces limb defects by preventing angiogenic
outgrowth during early limb formation. Proc Natl Acad
Sci U S A 106(21): 8573-8578. Abstract
Wang W, Guan P, Xu W, Zhou BS. 2009. Risk factors for
oral clefts: a population-based case-control study in Shenyang,
China. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 23(4): 310-320. Abstract
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