Tag: Birth Defects: Misc.

Vaccination within teratogenic window not linked to presence of congenital anomalies identified on ultrasonography

Genital birth defects, all in boys, more common among metformin-exposed offspring

Risks increased for gastrointestinal anomalies, specific anomalies, including ankyloglossia, with first-trimester exposure

Among 200 infants and children with nonsyndromic craniosynostosis, 4 percent had been conceived using in vitro fertilization

Doubled risk seen for high triglyceride, total/high-density lipoprotein, and apolipoprotein-A1

Prenatal detection of transposition of great arteries lower in rural areas, those with lower socioeconomic status, Hispanics

During 10 years of follow-up, younger age at index surgery and more complex surgery particularly linked to higher risk for developing hypertension

Increased incidence seen in boys younger than 7 years of age; main cluster of cases located in industrial area in Northern France

Second study shows no association for use of macrolides during pregnancy with increase in major birth defects

Likelihood increased for history of congestive heart failure and stroke and reporting current depressive symptoms