Descriptive epidemiology of holoprosencephaly and arhinencephaly in metropolitan Atlanta, 1968–1992

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We report the descriptive epidemiology of holoprosencephaly and arhinencephaly using data from the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program, a population-based birth defects surveillance system with multiple sources of ascertainment. From 1968-1992, we ascertained 63 cases of holoprosencephaly and arhinencephaly from approximately 734,000 births, for a birth prevalence of 0.86 per 10,000. Thirteen case...

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