Birth Defects (Print Version)

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Birth Defects

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Overviews

Birth Defects (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1206.asp
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nacersano.org/centro/9388_9963.asp
Birth Defects (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/birth_defects.html
Descriptions of Leading Categories of Birth Defects (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/aboutus/680_2168.asp

Diagnosis/Symptoms

Amniocentesis (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/159_520.asp
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nacersano.org/centro/9246_9641.asp
Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/159_521.asp
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nacersano.org/centro/9246_9643.asp
Ultrasound (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/159_523.asp
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nacersano.org/centro/9246_9646.asp

Treatment

What Is a Neonatologist? (American Academy of Pediatrics) - Links to PDF File - http://www.aap.org/family/WhatisPedNeonatologist.pdf

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Abnormalities (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D000013&recruiting;=true

Specific Conditions

Achondroplasia (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1204.asp
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nacersano.org/centro/9388_9966.asp
Ambiguous Genitalia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00750
Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (Foundation Fighting Blindness) - http://www.blindness.org/visiondisorders/causes.asp?x=1&DiseaseID;=27
Cephalic Disorders (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/pubs/cephalic_disorders.htm
Cervical Teratoma (Children's Hospital Boston) - http://www.childrenshospital.org/cfapps/A2ZtopicDisplay.cfm?Topic=Cervical%20Teratoma
Chromosomal Abnormalities (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1209.asp
Clubfoot and Other Foot Deformities (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1211.asp
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nacersano.org/centro/9388_9976.asp
Congenital Abnormalities of the Upper Extremity (American Society for Surgery of the Hand) - http://www.assh.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Patients_and_Public/Congenital_Differences1/Congenital_Differences.htm
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) (Children's Hospital Boston) - http://www.childrenshospital.org/cfapps/A2ZtopicDisplay.cfm?Topic=Congenital%20Diaphragmatic%20Hernia%20%28CDH%29
Congenital Torticollis (Twisted Neck) (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=259&topcategory;=Neck
Craniofacial Syndrome Descriptions (Children's Craniofacial Association) - http://www.ccakids.com/hlpmesyndef.stm
Craniosynostosis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/craniosytosis_doc.htm
Crouzon Syndrome (Craniofacial Dysostosis) (Cleft Palate Foundation) - http://www.cleftline.org/publications/cruozon.htm
FAQs about CdLS (Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation) - http://www.cdlsusa.org/about_cdls/faq.html
Hearing Loss (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1232.asp
Horseshoe Kidney (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00859
Information about Pierre Robin Sequence/Complex (Cleft Palate Foundation) - http://www.cleftline.org/publications/pierreRobin.htm
Intestinal Malrotation (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/digestive/malrotation.html
Klippel-Feil Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/klippel_feil.htm
Late-Appearing Defects (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/4439_4139.asp
Mobius Syndrome (Congenital Facial Diplegia) (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/mobius.htm
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (Bubble Boy Disease) (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/allergies/severe_immunodeficiency.html
Syndromes of Abnormal Sex Differentiation: A Guide for Patients and Their Families (Johns Hopkins Medicine) - http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pediatricendocrinology/intersex/
Treacher Collins Syndrome (Cleft Palate Foundation) - http://www.cleftline.org/publications/treacherCollins.htm
Undescended Testicles (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/637.xml
Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e637.xml
Waardenburg Syndrome (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/waard.asp
What I Need to Know about Hirschsprung's Disease (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hirschsprungs_ez/index.htm
What Is a Large (Giant) Congenital Nevus? (Nevus Outreach, Inc.) - http://www.nevus.org/home/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=2

Prevention/Screening

Disorders Screened in State Newborn Screening Programs and Puerto Rico (Save Babies Through Screening) - http://www.savebabies.org/NBS/statenbsprogramreport.php
FDA Clears New Lab Test to Help Screen Newborn Infants for Congenital Disease (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2004/ANS01308.html
Folic Acid Frequently Asked Questions (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) - http://www.cdc.gov/doc.do?id=0900f3ec8000d558
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid/spanish/spfaq.htm
Maternal Blood Screening for Down Syndrome and Neural Tube Defects (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1166.asp
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nacersano.org/centro/9388_9931.asp
Simple Test Could Save Your Baby's Life: A Parent's Guide to Newborn Screening (Save Babies Through Screening) - Links to PDF File - http://www.savebabies.org/library/Handout_%20A%20Parents%20Guide%20to%20NBS.pdf

Coping

Peer Contact for Parents of Children with Congenital Amputations (Amputee Coalition of America) - http://www.amputee-coalition.org/fact_sheets/PC_congenital_amputations.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.amputee-coalition.org/spanish/pc_congenital_amputations.html
When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/baby_has_birth_defect.html

Related Issues

Accutane and Other Retinoids (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1168.asp
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nacersano.org/centro/9388_9938.asp
Amniotic Fluid Abnormalities (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_4536.asp
Common Concerns and Exposures (Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction) - http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/genpub/topics/ccae_index.html
Food-Borne Risks in Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1152.asp
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nacersano.org/centro/9388_9916.asp
Organization of Teratology Information Services Fact Sheets (Organization of Teratology Information Services) - http://www.otispregnancy.org/otis_fact_sheets.htm
Pregnancy and the Drug Dilemma (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2001/301_preg.html
Thalidomide: New Uses for a Notorious Drug (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01507
What You Can Do to Keep Germs from Harming You or Your Baby (National Center for Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/gbs/PDFs/What%20you%20can%20do-English%202000%20for%20pdf.pdf

Research

Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/womenshealth/birth_defects.cfm
Birth Defects Research (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/bd/bdres.htm
Congenital Causes of Venous Thrombosis--Classification System (American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/138/2/I-39
Do Multivitamin Supplements Reduce the Risk for Diabetes-Associated Birth Defects? (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/factsheets/pediatrics/Pediatrics_Diabetesvitamin.pdf
Loratadine and Hypospadias: Data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs040319.htm
Maternal Obesity and Risk for Birth Defects (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/factsheets/pediatrics/Pediatrics_maternal_obesity.pdf

Genetics

Genetics Home Reference: Genetic Conditions (National Library of Medicine) - http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/conditionsByName
Common Forms of Inheritance (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/4439_4136.asp
Multifactorial Inheritance (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/4439_4138.asp

Directories

Find a Teratogen Information Service (Organization of Teratology Information Services) - http://www.otispregnancy.org/otis_find_a_tis.htm
Laboratory Directory-GeneReviews (Children's Health Care System, Seattle) - http://www.genetests.org/servlet/access?id=8888891&key;=xW0l31Z2a4hTc&fcn;=y&fw;=XPF9&filename;=/labsearch/searchdztest.html
Qualified Centers (Children's Craniofacial Association) - http://www.ccakids.com/srvQualCenter.asp
US Clinic Directory Search (Children's Health Care System, Seattle) - http://www.genetests.org/servlet/access?id=8888891&key;=yLoqrsrCVms-M&fcn;=y&fw;=ZDht&filename;=/clinicsearch/searchclinic.html

Organizations

Children's Craniofacial Association - http://www.ccakids.com/
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation - http://www.cdlsusa.org/
March of Dimes (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nacersano.org/
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/defaultspan.htm
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center - http://genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/
Organization of Teratology Information Services - http://www.otispregnancy.org
Save Babies Through Screening Foundation (Save Babies Through Screening) - http://www.savebabies.org/

Statistics

FASTATS: Birth Defects (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/bdefects.htm
Leading Categories of Birth Defects (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/aboutus/680_2164.asp

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

Cleft Lip and Palate - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cleftlipandpalate.html
Congenital Heart Disease - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/congenitalheartdisease.html
Down Syndrome - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/downsyndrome.html
Facial Injuries and Disorders - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/facialinjuriesanddisorders.html
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fetalalcoholsyndrome.html
Genetic Brain Disorders - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/geneticbraindisorders.html
Genetic Disorders - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/geneticdisorders.html
Genetic Testing - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/genetictesting.html
Head and Brain Malformations - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/headandbrainmalformations.html
Neural Tube Defects - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/neuraltubedefects.html
Prenatal Testing - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prenataltesting.html
Genetics/Birth Defects - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/geneticsbirthdefects.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Birth Defects is the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/

Page last updated: 29 October 2004
Topic last reviewed: 22 September 2004