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No baby should be born with a preventable defect, and more than half of
them are. Preventive methods are available for 70% of defect types,
affecting 50% of defective newborns. For the other half, money is badly
needed for research in order to disclose causes and mechanisms of defective
prenatal development.
Czeizel AE, Intody Z, Modell B (1993) What proportion of congenital abnormalities can be prevented. BMJ 306:499-503. |