Epidemiology of congenital cerebral anomalies in Europe: a multicentre, population-based EUROCAT study

Joan K Morris; Diana G Wellesley; Ingeborg Barisic; Marie-Claude Addor; Jorieke E H Bergman; Paula Braz; Clara Cavero-Carbonell; Elizabeth S Draper; Miriam Gatt; Martin Haeusler; Kari Klungsoyr; Jennifer J Kurinczuk; Natalie Lelong; Karen Luyt; Catherine Lynch; Mary T O’Mahony; Olatz Mokoroa; Vera Nelen; Amanda J Neville; Anna Pierini; Hanitra Randrianaivo; Judith Rankin; Anke Rissmann; Florence Rouget; Bruno Schaub; David F Tucker; Christine Verellen-Dumoulin; Awi Wiesel; Natalia Zymak-Zakutnia; Monica Lanzoni; Ester Garne

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2018-316733

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Epidemiology of congenital cerebral anomalies in Europe: a multicentre, population-based EUROCAT study

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Joan K Morris Population Health Research Institute, St George’s, University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Diana G Wellesley Department Clinical Genetics, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ingeborg Barisic Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Centre of Excellence for Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, Medical School University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marie-Claude Addor Department of Mother-Woman-Child, University Hospital Center, Lausanne, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jorieke E H Bergman Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paula Braz Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Clara Cavero-Carbonell Rare Diseases Research Unit, Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research in the Valencian Region, Valencia, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elizabeth S Draper Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Miriam Gatt Department of Health Information and Research, National Obstetric Information Systems, Valletta, Malta PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Martin Haeusler Department of Obstetrics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kari Klungsoyr Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen and Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jennifer J Kurinczuk National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Natalie Lelong Paris Registry of Congenital Malformations, Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, INSERM, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Karen Luyt Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, Bristol, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Catherine Lynch Department of Public Health, Health Service Executive—South, Kilkenny, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mary T O’Mahony Department of Public Health, Health Service Executive—South, Cork, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Olatz Mokoroa Public Health Department of Gipuzkoa, Biodonostia Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Vera Nelen Provinciaal Instituut voor Hygiene, Antwerpen, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Amanda J Neville IMER Registry, University of Ferrara and St Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anna Pierini Tuscany Registry of Congenital Defects, National Research Council Institute of Clinical Physiology/Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hanitra Randrianaivo Registre des Malformations Congenitales de la Reunion, Saint Pierre, Réunion, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Judith Rankin Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anke Rissmann Malformation Monitoring Centre Saxony-Anhalt, Medical Faculty Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Florence Rouget Brittany Registry of Congenital Anomalies, Univ Rennes, CHU Rennes,Inserm, EHESP, Rennes, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bruno Schaub Maison de la Femme de la Mère et de l’Enfant, University Hospital of Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David F Tucker Congenital Anomaly Register and Information Service for Wales, Public Health Wales, Swansea, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christine Verellen-Dumoulin Center for Human Genetics, Institut de Pathologie et de Génétique, Charleroi, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Awi Wiesel Mainz Model Birth Registry, Center of Child and Adolescence Medicine, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Natalia Zymak-Zakutnia OMNI-Net Ukraine, Khmelnytsky City Children’s Hospital, Khmelnytsky, Ukraine PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Monica Lanzoni European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ester Garne Paediatric Department, Hospital Lillebaelt, Kolding, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Joan K Morris; jmorris{at}sgul.ac.uk

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Morris JK, Wellesley DG, Barisic I, et al

Epidemiology of congenital cerebral anomalies in Europe: a multicentre, population-based EUROCAT study

Archives of Disease in Childhood 2019;104:1181-1187.

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Received December 18, 2018
Revised April 9, 2019
Accepted May 31, 2019
First published June 26, 2019.

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November 20, 2019

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