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Table 1. Birth Defects Studied in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study by System Affected |
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| System Affected | Birth Defects Studied |
| Cardiovascular | Conotruncal heart defects, septal heart defects, obstructive heart defects, atrioventricular septal defects, single ventricle, anomalous pulmonary venous return, heterotaxy, Ebstein malformation |
| Central nervous system | Neural tube defects, hydrocephaly, holoprosencephaly, Dandy-Walker malformation |
| Eye | Anophthalmia/microphthalmia, congenital cataracts, glaucoma |
| Ear | Anotia/microtia |
| Orofacial | Choanal atresia, cleft lip, cleft palate |
| Gastrointestinal | Esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula, intestinal atresia, biliary atresia |
| Genitourinary | Renal agenesis (bilateral), hypospadias (2nd or 3rd degree) |
| Musculoskeletal | Diaphragmatic hernia, gastroschisis, omphalocele, limb deficiency, craniosynostosis, bladder exstrophy, cloacal exstrophy, sacral agenesis/caudal regression |
| Non-system-specific | Amniotic band sequence |
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