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Sebastiano Bianca

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PubMed2005

Sex and congenital malformations: an international perspective.

The study evaluated the sex distribution of major isolated malformations and common trisomies among a large and geographically varied sample. Eighteen registries from 24 countries contributed cases, which were centrally reviewed and classified in three clinical types as isolated, associated, or syndromic. We selected cases of 26 major defects (n = 108,534); trisomy 21, 18, and 13 (n = 30,114); other syndromes (n = 2,898); and multiple congenital anomalies (n = 24,197), for a total of 165,743 cases. We observed a significant deviation of sex distribution (compared to a sex ratio of 1.06 or male proportion of 51.4%) for 24 of the 29 groups (a male excess in 16, a female excess in 8), and in 8 of such groups these estimates varied significantly across registries. A male excess was noted for two left obstructive cardiac defects (hypoplastic left heart and coarctation of the aorta) and a female excess for all the main types of neural tube defects. A male excess was seen for omphalocele but not gastroschisis. For neural tube defects the female excess tended to be stronger in areas with historically high prevalence for these defects. For 15 of the 26 birth defects the sex distribution differed among isolated, associated, and syndromic cases. Some of these epidemiologic commonalities are consistent with known or putative developmental processes. Further, the geographic variation for some defects may reflect local prevalence rates and risk factors. Finally, the findings underscore the need for clinical classification (e.g., into isolated, multiple, syndromes) in studies of birth defects.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗
PubMed2003

Down's syndrome.

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Counseling↗
PubMed2003

Reproductive risk factors in unilateral and bilateral renal agenesis.

Renal agenesis (RA) appears to be a multifactorial condition with combined genetic and environmental influences. We performed a retrospective case-control study of reproductive history of 26 isolated RA live births cases referred to Sicilian Registry of Congenital Malformations. A statistical significant association for birth weight if we considered all RA together and for bilateral RA alone, an increasing risk for maternal age only in the bilateral RA subgroup and a male predominance both for unilateral and bilateral RA was found. Our results show that some reproductive risk factors may be associated with RA, moreover differences found between subgroups indicate that some risk factors may be different in unilateral and bilateral RA. The association between reproductive risk factors and RA may reflect pathogenetic interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Nevertheless further studies are needed to clarify these associations and to explore the role of perinatal factors in the etiology of renal agenesis. In fact if prenatal or perinatal risk factors are in a causal chain influencing the risk for developing RA, then these data could have important implications in the prevention or treatment of this condition.

Adult↗
PubMed2002

Optic disc drusen, angioid streaks, and mottled fundus in various combinations in a Sicilian family.

BACKGROUND: We describe a Sicilian family in which optic disc drusen, angioid streaks, and mottled fundus--without dermatological signs of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)--are present in various combinations and segregate as an autosomal dominant trait. Since these ocular manifestations can be part of the clinical signs of PXE, we examined the possible involvement of a mutation in the ABCC6 gene, which is known to be responsible for PXE. METHODS: Linkage analysis was performed with both intragenic and flanking markers. We used marker D16B9722 and a single-nucleotide polymorphism located in exon 15 of the ABCC6 gene. LOD score values were calculated on the assumption of a gene frequency of 0.0001 and both complete penetrance and reduced penetrance (90%), with theta values between 0.0 and 0.4. RESULTS: LOD score values excluded the involvement of the ABCC6 gene. CONCLUSIONS: The dominant transmission of optic disc drusen, mottled fundus, and angioid streaks in this family is not due to alterations in the ABCC6 gene.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2002

Oesophageal atresia and Down syndrome.

Infants with Down syndrome are known to have a high frequency of associated birth defects and some authors have suggested an association between Down syndrome and oesophageal atresia. We evaluated data from the Sicilian Registry of Congenital Malformations. Our finding of an incidence of 0.9% of oesophageal atresia in children with Down syndrome is more than 30 times higher than expected and more than reported in other studies where the association was present in 0.5% of cases. Our results confirm that the relationship between Down syndrome and oesophageal atresia is a non random association and the observation of this association in several populations with different genetic backgrounds allows us to conclude that a causal relationship may exist between Down syndrome and oesophageal atresia.

Comorbidity↗
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Down syndrome.

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Down Syndrome↗