Global, regional, and national epidemiology of congenital birth defects in children from 1990 to 2021: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Yinyan Li, Chuan He, Haijie Yu, Di Wu, Li Liu, Xueyao Zhang

Source: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2025)

Subject Terms: Congenital birth defects, Disability-adjusted life year, Socio-demographic index, Disease burden, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2393

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Trends in burden and mortality of congenital birth defects in G20 countries (1990–2021) and predictions for 2022–2040

Authors: Xiangwen Li, Pengfei Qu, Pu Yan, Yule Kou, Jian Song, Di Wu, Jiayi Wang, Siyu Pan, Yufei Liu, Xinrui Li, Rongqiang Zhang

Source: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2025)

Subject Terms: Congenital birth defects (CBDs), Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), Mortality, Risk factors, Join point regression analysis, Decomposition analysis, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2393

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Copy number variations contribute to malignant tumor development in children with serious birth defects

Authors: Yichuan Liu, Joseph Glessner, Hui‐Qi Qu, Xiao Chang, Haijun Qiu, Tiancheng Wang, Frank D. Mentch, Hakon Hakonarson

Source: Molecular Oncology, Vol 19, Iss 3, Pp 899-912 (2025)

Subject Terms: birth defects, copy number variations, pediatric cancers, whole‐genome sequencing, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1574-7891; https://doaj.org/toc/1878-0261

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Emerging trends and cross-country health inequalities in congenital birth defects: insights from the GBD 2021 study

Authors: Hanjun Liu, Kebin Chen, Tingting Wang, Xiaorui Ruan, Jianhui Wei, Jiapeng Tang, Liuxuan Li, Jiabi Qin

Source: International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2025)

Subject Terms: Congenital birth defects, GBD, Incidence, Trend, Prediction, Health inequality, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1475-9276

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A retrospective study comparing maternal-infant outcome analysis of live births from patients undergoing painless oocyte retrieval versus conventional oocyte retrieval

Authors: Pingping Gao, Xuyan Hu, Leizhen Xia, Junmin Chen, Xuehong Zhang, Dingfei Xu, Lifeng Tian, Jialyu Huang

Source: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2025)

Subject Terms: Painless oocyte Retrieval, Birth defects, Maternal complications, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2393

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Analysis of birth defects surveillance in Urumqi from 2018 to 2023 and application of three kinds of model in prediction

Authors: Luhan Zhang, Jinfang He, Shuyuan Xue, Rui Shi, Guifeng Ding

Source: Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, Vol 33, Iss , Pp 102016- (2025)

Subject Terms: Birth defects incidence, The prophet model, The grey model, Bayesian averaging optimization, Perinatal infants, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213398425001058; https://doaj.org/toc/2213-3984

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Fetal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water and congenital malformations: A nation-wide register-based study on PFAS in drinking water

Authors: Melle Säve-Söderbergh, Irina Gyllenhammar, Tessa Schillemans, Emelie Lindfeldt, Carolina Vogs, Carolina Donat-Vargas, Emma Halldin Ankarberg, Anders Glynn, Lutz Ahrens, Emilie Helte, Agneta Åkesson

Source: Environment International, Vol 198, Iss , Pp 109381- (2025)

Subject Terms: Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, Congenital malformations, Birth defects, Environmental sciences, GE1-350

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025001321; https://doaj.org/toc/0160-4120

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Congenital Anomalies in Neonates: Findings from Six Baghdad Hospitals

Authors: Bassam M. Al-Musawi, Ali M. Khalid, Nadin A. Kamal, Maha Z. Muneer

Source: مجلة كلية الطب, Vol 67, Iss 1 (2025)

Subject Terms: Birth defects, Multiple Congenital Anomalies, Neural Tube Defects, Medicine, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://www.iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/2462; https://doaj.org/toc/0041-9419; https://doaj.org/toc/2410-8057

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Impaired yolk sac NAD metabolism disrupts murine embryogenesis with relevance to human birth defects

Authors: Kayleigh Bozon, Hartmut Cuny, Delicia Z Sheng, Ella MMA Martin, Alena Sipka, Paul Young, David T Humphreys, Sally L Dunwoodie

Source: eLife, Vol 13 (2025)

Subject Terms: yolk sac, embryogenesis, congenital malformation, metabolism, NAD, birth defects, Medicine, Science, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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Relation: https://elifesciences.org/articles/97649; https://doaj.org/toc/2050-084X

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Birth Defects

Source: Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. 2018, 1p.

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation

Source: Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. 2018, 1p.

Changes in the spatial distribution characteristics of birth defects and congenital heart disease in Huai'an City, 2016—2022

Authors: DING Weijie*, WANG Hui, LI Xiaoyu, LU Hongmei, DAI Jiyue, YUE Hongni, JIANG Lulu,ZHU Xiaoqin, XU Xiaolin

Source: Zhongguo linchuang yanjiu, Vol 37, Iss 11, Pp 1751-1757 (2024)

Subject Terms: birth defects， congenital heart disease， spatial analysis， spatial distribution, Medicine

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Relation: http://zglcyj.ijournals.cn/zglcyj/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=20241121; https://doaj.org/toc/1674-8182

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Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling and Congenital Abnormalities of Kidney and Urinary Tract

Authors: Cuicui Yu, Bixia Zheng, Luyan Zhang, Aihua Zhang, Zhanjun Jia, Guixia Ding

Source: Kidney Diseases, Pp 1-12 (2024)

Subject Terms: wnt/β-catenin, congenital abnormalities of kidney and urinary tract, birth defects, chronic kidney disease, Internal medicine, RC31-1245

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Relation: https://beta.karger.com/Article/FullText/541684; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-9357

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Factors related to the occurrence of fetal birth defects and the construction of a Nomogram model

Authors: Chen X, Lin L, Zhong Q, Wu H, Zheng Z, Zhang B, Lan L

Source: Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, Vol Volume 15, Pp 289-298 (2024)

Subject Terms: fetus, birth defects, influencing factors, nomogram, Pediatrics, RJ1-570

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Relation: https://www.dovepress.com/factors-related-to-the-occurrence-of-fetal-birth-defects-and-the-const-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PHMT; https://doaj.org/toc/1179-9927

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Predictive Analysis of Congenital Heart Defects Prior to Birth

Authors: Umm-e-Ammarah, Bukhari, Faisal, Idrees, Muhammad, Iqbal, Waheed

Source: 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI) Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI), 2021 International Conference on. :1-6 Oct, 2021

Relation: 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)

A systematic review of maternal residential proximity to unconventional oil and Natural gas sites and congenital heart defects in newborns: Recommendations for future research

Authors: Faridi, Sasan ^{a, b, ⁎}, Hahad, Omar ^{c, d}, Khanizadeh, Mohammad ^a, Rafiee, Ata ^e, Bell, Michelle L. ^f, Rajagopalan, Sanjay ^{g, h}, Yin, Hao ⁱ, Münzel, Thomas ^{c, d}, Nourkami-Tutdibi, Nasenien ^j, Tutdibi, Erol ^j, Poryo, Martin ^j, Yousefian, Fatemeh ^k, Al-Kindi, Sadeer ^{l, m}, Brook, Robert D. ⁿ, Abdul-Khaliq, Hashim ^j, Naddafi, Kazem ^{a, b}, Hassanvand, Mohammad Sadegh ^{a, b}

Source: In Science of the Total Environment 1 March 2025 967

School-recorded special educational needs provision in children with major congenital anomalies: a linked administrative records study of births in England, 2003-2013

Authors: Maria Peppa, Kate Marie Lewis, Bianca De Stavola, Pia Hardelid, Ruth Gilbert, on behalf of the HOPE study

Source: International Journal of Population Data Science, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2025)

Subject Terms: birth defects, cohort study, congenital abnormalities, ECHILD, special educational needs, Demography. Population. Vital events, HB848-3697

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Relation: https://ijpds.org/article/view/2519; https://doaj.org/toc/2399-4908

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Categorization of early embryonic malformations in broilers by a new classification method combining light microscopy and high-resolution Episcopic Microscopy

Authors: Yuval Cinnamon, Natalia Slutsky, Maxim Quint, Olga Genin, Dalit Sela-Donenfeld

Source: Poultry Science, Vol 104, Iss 1, Pp 104587- (2025)

Subject Terms: Embryonic malformation, Morphology, Birth defects, Breeder age, Flock age, Egg storage, Animal culture, SF1-1100

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579124011659; https://doaj.org/toc/0032-5791

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Maternal pesticide exposure and risk of birth defects: a population-based cross-sectional study in China

Authors: Fangfang Liu, Xiayang Li, Jie Chen, Yishuai Huang, Shaonong Dang

Source: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 12 (2024)

Subject Terms: pesticides, birth defects, perinatal pregnancy, cardiovascular system defects, crosssectional survey, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1489365/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565

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Action against birth defects: if not now, when?

Authors: Kathleen Strong, Judith Robb-McCord, Salimah Walani, Cecilia Mellado, Lorenzo D. Botto, Guillermo Lay-Son, Theresa Diaz, Tahmina Banu, Kokila Lakhoo, Anshu Banerjee

Source: Global Health Action, Vol 17, Iss 1 (2024)

Subject Terms: child mortality, newborn mortality, birth defects, disability, sustainable development goals, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1654-9880

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