Birth defects registration in the czech republic: past and present

Abstract

Analysis of the occurrence of total birth defects, as well as their relative rates, in the Czech Republic between 1981 and 2006. A comparison of observed and expected incidences from the same time period

Keywords

• birth defect
• prenatal diagnostics
• epidemiology
• anencephaly
• spina bifida
• encephalocele
• neural tube defects
• congenital hydrocephalus
• Down syndrome
• Czech Republic