Articles of Potential Interest
March 2008 *

Aquilina-Beck A, Ilagan K, Liu Q, Liang JO. 2007. Nodal signaling is required for closure of the anterior neural tube in zebrafish. BMC Dev Biol 7: 126. Abstract

Barbosa PR, Stabler SP, Trentin R, Carvalho FR, Luchessi AD, Hirata RDC, Hirata MH, Allen RH, Guerra-Shinohara EM. 2008. Evaluation of nutritional and genetic determinants of total homocysteine, methylmalonic acid and S-adenosylmethionine/S-adenosylhomocysteine values in Brazilian childbearing-age women. Clin Chim Acta 388(1-2): 139-147. Abstract

Bell R, Bailey K, Cresswell T, Hawthorne G, Critchley J, Lewis-Barned N. 2008. Trends in prevalence and outcomes of pregnancy in women with pre-existing type I and type II diabetes. BJOG 115(4): 445-452. Abstract

Boyles AL, Wilcox AJ, Taylor JA, Meyer K, Fredriksen A, Ueland PM, Drevon CA, Vollset SE, Lie RT. 2008. Folate and one-carbon metabolism gene polymorphisms and their associations with oral facial clefts. Am J Med Genet 146A(4): 440-449. Abstract

Byrne J. 2008. Birth defects in uncles and aunts from Irish families with neural tube defects. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 82(1): 8-15. Abstract

Caton AR, Bell EM, Druschel CM, Werler MM, Mitchell AA, Browne ML, McNutt LA, Romitti PA, Olney RS, Correa A. 2008. Maternal hypertension, antihypertensive medication use, and the risk of severe hypospadias. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 82(1): 34-40. Abstract

Chen XQ, Watkins R, Delot E, Reliene R, Schiesti RH, Burgoyne PS, Arnold AP. 2008. Sex difference in neural tube defects in p53-null mice is caused by differences in the complement of X not Y genes. Dev Neurobiol 68(2): 265-273. Abstract

Cooper WO. 2008. Clinical implications of increased congenital malformations after first trimester exposures to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. J Cardiovasc Nurs 23(1): 20-24. Abstract

Green RF, Olney RS, Reefhuis J, Botto LD, Romitti PA. 2008. Maternal reports of family history from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2001. Genet Med 10(1): 37-45. Abstract

Hassan AS, Al-Kharusi BM. 2008. Knowledge and use of folic acid among pregnant Arabian women residing in Qatar and Oman. Int J Food Sci Nutr 59(1): 70-79. Abstract

Jarup L, Morris S, Richardson S, Briggs D, Cobley N, de Hoogh C, Gorog K, Elliott P. 2007. Down syndrome in births near landfill sites. Prenat Diagn 27(13): 1191-1196. Abstract

Jenetzky E. 2007. Prevalence estimation of anorectal malformations using German diagnosis related groups system. Pediatr Surg Int 23(12): 1161-1165. Abstract

Matsson H, Eason J, Bookwalter CS, Klar J, Gustavsson P, Sunnegardh J, Enell H, Jonzon A, Vikkula M, Gutierrez I, Granados-Riveron J, Pope M, Bu'Lock F, Cox J, Robinson TE, Song F, Brook DJ, Marston S, Trybus KM, Dahl N. 2008. Alpha-cardiac actin mutations produce atrial septal defects. Hum Mol Genet 17(2): 256-265. Abstract

Meguid NA, Dardir AA, Khass M, El Hossieny L, Ezzat A, El Awady MK. 2008. MTHFR genetic polymorphism as a risk factor in Egyptian mothers with Down syndrome children. Dis Markers 24(1): 19-26. Abstract

Michels A, El Bakkali N, Bastiaenen CH, De Bie RA, Colla CG, Van der Hulst RR. 2008. Periconceptional folic acid use and the prevalence of positional plagiocephaly. J Craniofac Surg 19(1): 37-39. Abstract

Milla GR, Flores AL, Umana E, Mayes I, Rosenthal J. 2007. Postpartum women in the Honduran health system: folic acid knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Rev Panam Salud Publica 22(5): 340-347. Abstract

Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Toledano MB, Bennett J, Best N, Hambly P, de Hoogh C, Wellesley D, Boyd PA, Abramsky L, Dattani N, Fawell J, Briggs D, Jarup L, Elliott P. 2008. Chlorination disinfection by-products and risk of congenital anomalies in England and Wales. Environ Health Perspect 116(2): 216-222. Abstract

Palma S, Perez-Iglesias R, Prieto D, Pardo R, Llorca J, Delgado-Rodriguez M. 2008. Iron but not folic acid supplementation reduces the risk of low birthweight in pregnant women without anaemia: a case control study. J Epidemiol Community Health 62(2): 120-124. Abstract

Pathak P, Kapil U, Yajnik CS, Kapoor SK, Dwivedi SN, Singh R. 2007. Iron, folate, and vitamin B-12 stores among pregnant women in a rural area of Haryana State, India. Food Nutr Bull 28(4): 435-438. Abstract

Pickett EA, Olsen GS, Tallquist MD. 2008. Disruption of PDGFR alpha-initiated PI3K activation and migration of somite derivatives leads to spina bifida. Development 135(3): 589-598. Abstract

Schnack TH, Zdravkovic S, Myrup C, Westergaard T, Christensen K, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. 2008. Familial aggregation of hypospadias: A cohort study. Am J Epidemiol 167(3): 251-256. Abstract

Shang YL, Zhao H, Niu B, Li WI, Zhou R, Zhang T, Xie J. 2008. Correlation of polymorphism of MTHFRs and RFC-1 genes with neural tube defects in China. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 82(1): 3-7. Abstract

Skarsgard ED, Claydon J, Bouchard S, Kim PCW, Lee SK, Laberge JM, McMillan D, von Dadetszen P, Yanchar N. 2008. Canadian Pediatric Surgical Network: a population-based pediatric surgery network and database for analyzing surgical birth defects. The first 100 cases of gastroschisis. J Pediatr Surg 43(1): 30-34. Abstract

Solon O, Riddell TJ, Quimbo SA, Butrick E, Aylward GP, Bacate ML, Peabody JW. 2008. Associations between cognitive function, blood lead concentration, and nutrition among children in the central Philippines. J Pediatr 152(2): 237-243. Abstract

Wallace JM, Bonham MP, Strain JJ, Duffy EM, Robson PJ, Ward M, McNulty H, Davidson PW, Myers GJ, Shamlaye CF, Clarkson TW, Molloy AM, Scott JM, Ueland PM. 2008. Homocysteine concentration, related B vitamins, and betaine in pregnant women recruited to the Seychelles Child Development Study. Am J Clin Nutr 87(2): 391-397. Abstract

Wehby GL, Murray JC. 2008. The effects of prenatal use of folic acid and other dietary supplements on early child development. Matern Child Health J 12(2): 180-187. Abstract

Wen SW, Chen XK, Rodger M, White RR, Yang Q, Smith GN, Sigal RJ, Perkins SL, Walker MC. 2008. Folic acid supplementation in early second trimester and the risk of preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol 198(1): 45. Abstract

Yang J, Carmichael SL, Canfield M, Song J, Shaw GM. 2008. Socioeconomic status in relation to selected birth defects in a large multicentered US case-control study. Am J Epidemiol 167(2): 145-154. Abstract

*This list was compiled from searches of articles published in February 2008.  Questions or comments about this list may be sent to webmaster@nbdpn.org.