| The impact of prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy on the relative incidence of malformations at birth among Jews and Muslim Arabs in Israel. | |
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PMID: 21287797 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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BACKGROUND: Ultrasound examination of the fetus enables diagnosis of many major malformations during pregnancy, providing the possibility to consider termination of the pregnancy. As a result, in many cases the incidence of malformations at birth does not represent their true incidence. OBJECTIVES: To determine the impact of prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy termination on the relative incidence of malformations at birth among Jews and Muslim Arabs in Israel. METHODS: Data on selected major malformations in 2000-2003 were collected from the two large central databases of the Ministry of Health and the Central Bureau of Statistics which contain information regarding births, stillbirths and terminations of pregnancies. RESULTS: For many malformations the total incidence was much higher than the incidence at birth. For almost all of the malformations studied, the total incidence was higher in Muslims than in Jews and the differences were further accentuated among the liveborn because of the differences in the rate of pregnancy terminations. CONCLUSIONS: In order to detect possible influences of environmental or genetic factors on major malformations in Israel, it is critical to look at data including pregnancy terminations, stillbirths and live births. |
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Joël Zlotogora; Ziona Haklai; Naama Rotem; Moriah Georgi; Lisa Rubin |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ Volume: 12 ISSN: 1565-1088 ISO Abbreviation: Isr. Med. Assoc. J. Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-02-03 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100930740 Medline TA: Isr Med Assoc J Country: Israel |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 539-42 Citation Subset: IM |
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Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel. joelz@cc.huji.ac.il |
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