... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Familial hypercholesterolemia Genetics Lipoproteins Mutation Prevention Screening Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder of lipid...

...Hossein Najmabadi; Alireza Ghamari; Farhad Sahebjam; Roxana Kariminejad; Valeh Hadavi; Talayeh Khatibi; Ashraf Samavat; Elaheh Mehdipour; Bernadette Modell; Mohammand Hassan Kariminejad For 14 years, Iranian scientists have worked to develop a national thalassemia prevention program. Although...

... age, alcohol ingestion and smoking), social and economic factors (family income and type of work), and welfare factors (prenatal care, illnesses during pregnancy, drug therapy, and vaccinations). These factors were matched up with the Decalogue for Prevention of Congenital Defects recommended...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Congenital anomalies Genetic diseases Prevention Policy Implementation Every year some 3–9 million infants (2–6% of newborns) are born worldwide with major...

... of exposures to infections and malnutrition. A number of successful measures for the prevention of congenital anomalies are being taken in a number of developing nations. Primary prevention programs are based on public education about preconceptional and prenatal risks. Prevention based on reproduction options...

...Maurizio Clementi; Elena Di Gianantonio; Asher Ornoy Objectives: To inform on Teratology Information Services (TIS) in Europe, their history, function and activity in preventing congenital malformations. Conclusions: Clinical teratology tries to identify human teratogens. TIS play an important role...

...K. ten Berg; D. Lindhout Maternal antiepileptic drug use during pregnancy is associated with an increased prevalence of congenital malformations in the offspring. This article describes the commonly known teratogenic effects of antiepileptic drugs. Options for primary and secondary prevention...

.... Birth defects Prenatal screening Prevention Ultrasound screening Population screening It is not easy to define precisely a birth defect, but a working definition is a gross anatomic developmental anomaly present at birth or found during the first year of life. Under this definition...

..., and the number of homozygous children is rising. Prevention by prenatal diagnosis requires a suitable protocol and knowledge about the molecular defects present in the country. Therefore we have analyzed a large number of patients and carriers, both at the hematological and at the DNA level. Our survey revealed...