Spina bifida is a birth defect that affects the spines of developing fetuses and infants, and research in the 20th century indicated that chemicals in the herbicide Agent Orange likely led to the birth defect. People with spina bifida [6] can have nerve damage, paralysis, and mental disabilities. During the Vietnam War in the 1960s, the US military employed Agent Orange and other herbicides to ...

BACKGROUND Propylthiouracil (PTU) used in the treatment of maternal hyperthyroidism in early pregnancy may be associated with a higher prevalence of birth defects in the face and neck region and in the urinary system but the severity of these complications remains to be elucidated. METHODS Review of hospital-registered cases of birth defects in the face and neck region and in the urinary syst...

conclusions excellent esthetic and functional results achieved; total treatment duration was about 72 months. case presentation this is a case report about the successful orthodontic treatment of a patient with mild hemifacial microsomia (hfm), using a non-surgical orthopedic and orthodontic treatment approach. the aim of this approach was to make the best noninvasive modality to treat hfm. a 7...

BACKGROUND Completeness of case ascertainment is a concern for all birth defects registries and generally requires a multisource approach. Using infant death certificates as one case ascertainment source may identify cases of birth defects that would have otherwise been missed. We sought to examine the utility of adding infant death certificates to the Florida Birth Defect Registry's (FBDR) cas...

purpose: to present a case of unilateral epibulbar dermoid cyst in a girl with vacterl syndrome. case report: a 4-year-old girl was referred with a white, soft and painless mass in the inferotemporal limbus of the left eye having presented since birth. the patient was healthy with normal growth. other ocular examinations were normal. systematic review revealed a group of abnormalities including...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk of major birth defects in cohorts of children conceived through IVF or through IUI as compared with naturally conceived children. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Academic medical center. PATIENT(S) Children conceived by IVF or IUI at the University of Iowa from 1989 through 2002, compared with a matched cohort of naturally conceived children. I...

The birth of a child with a reduction limb defect (RLD) was evaluated in relation to vaginal bleeding, threatened abortion, and other complications of pregnancy, placental weight, birth weight, family history, parental age, and the outcome of previous pregnancies. The material consisted of 453 cases of reduction limb defect and an equal number of non-malformed controls matched for time and plac...

BACKGROUND Since 1993, many studies on the health of Persian Gulf War veterans (PGWVs) have been undertaken. Some authors have concluded that an association exists between Gulf War service and reported infertility or miscarriage, but that effects on PGWV's children were limited. The present study's objective was to describe the reproductive outcome and health of offspring of French Gulf War vet...