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The epidemiology of anophthalmia and microphthalmia in Sweden.

European journal of epidemiology - 1 Jan 2005

Källén Bengt, Tornqvist Kristina

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Infants with a clinical diagnosis of anophthalmia or microphthalmia were identified from four health registers in Sweden, covering different parts of the period 1965-2001. During the observation period, the rate of anophthalmia decreased from the early 1970s from 0.4 to 0.2 per 10,000 births. The registered rate of microphthalmia increased markedly during the observation period to reach a maximum in 1987 of about...

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Adult
Anophthalmos
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Microphthalmos
Smoking
Sweden

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PMID: 15971507
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-004-6880-1

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