Birth Defects Research

Papers
(The TQCC of Birth Defects Research is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Believing in science37
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Maternal cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption and congenital diaphragmatic hernia23
Dolutegravir and rat whole embryo culture22
Society for birth defects research and prevention's multidisciplinary research needs workshop 2022: A call to action21
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Protective Role of Vitamin B6 Against Teratogenic Effects Induced by Lead in Chick Embryo18
Periconceptional nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drug use, folic acid intake, and the risk of spina bifida18
Domestic Use of Solvents and Pesticides and the Risk of Hypospadias in Offspring: A Case–Control Study From Brittany, France17
Developmental exposure to the flame retardant, triphenyl phosphate, causes long‐lasting neurobehavioral and neurochemical dysfunction17
Community‐Engaged Research and the Use of Open Access ToxVal/ToxRef In Vivo Databases and New Approach Methodologies (NAM) to Address Human Health Risks From Environme16
Emerging understanding of the effects of cannabis use during pregnancy14
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Otocephaly Diagnosed Prenatally: A Case Study of a Rare Congenital Defect14
In vitro fertilization and pregnancy outcomes of women with X chromosome abnormality: A case series13
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Potential risk factors for hypospadias and negative correlation with DICER1 (rs3742330) A>G variant in Algerian population: A case‐control study13
Developmental toxicity induced by brodifacoum in zebrafish (Danio rerio) early life stages11
Using a health observance event to raise awareness: An assessment of World Birth Defects Day11
Transmission of behavioral and cognitive impairments across generations in rats subjected to prenatal valproic acid exposure10
Absence of developmental and reproductive toxicity in rats, rabbits, and zebrafish embryos exposed to antimalarial drug cabamiquine10
Developmental safety of nirmatrelvir in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos10
A narrative review of exercise dose during pregnancy10
Evaluating the proportion of isolated cases among a spectrum of birth defects in a population‐based registry10
Antifungal medication use during early pregnancy and the risk of congenital heart defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–20119
Cannabidiol impairs neural tube closure in mouse whole embryo culture9
Application of zebrafish in the study of craniomaxillofacial developmental anomalies9
Malarial PI4K inhibitor induced diaphragmatic hernias in rat: Potential link with mammalian kinase inhibition9
Reversible effects on female rat fertility with abrocitinib, a Janus kinase 1 inhibitor9
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Why Has Gastroschisis Increased Over Time and Why Is It More Common in Infants of Young Mothers?9
Prenatal diagnosis of SLC25A24 Fontaine progeroid syndrome: description of the fetal phenotype, genotype and detection of parental mosaicism8
A comparison of infants' birth defects self‐reported by mothers with data provided by general practitioners: Data from the Dutch Pregnancy Drug Register8
Identifying possible inaccuracy in reported birth head circumference measurements among infants in the US Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry8
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Ezh2‐dependent methylation in oral epithelia promotes secondary palatogenesis8
A case of Williams syndrome with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome8
Outcome of children with multicystic dysplastic kidney: Does involved side matter?8
Maternal exposure to hydroxychloroquine and birth defects8
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Assessing Environmental Risks Factors in Anorectal Malformations: Case Report and Literature Review8
Prevalence of critical congenital heart defects and selected co‐occurring congenital anomalies, 2014–2018: A U.S. population‐based study8
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Embryo‐fetal safety evaluation of ondansetron in rats7
MTHFR promoter methylation might mitigate the effect of smoking at the level of LINE‐1 in cleft lip tissues: A preliminary study7
A new 90‐day drinking water study of sodium cyanide in rats to further evaluate National Toxicology Program findings and inform risk assessment7
An assessment of the reliability of 52 enhanced preliminary embryofetal development studies to detect developmental toxicity7
Valproic acid induced selective apoptosis of ocular fibrous tunic in mice fetuses7
Enhancing the Classification of Congenital Heart Defects for Outcome Association Studies in Birth Defects Registries7
Juvenile toxicity study of PF‐07256472/recifercept, a recombinant human soluble fibroblast growth factor receptor 3, in 2–3‐month‐old cynomolgus monkeys7
Prevalence of congenital anomalies in the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao7
Translational potential of hiPSCs in predictive modeling of heart development and disease7
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World health assembly resolution for preventing micronutrient deficiencies and associated neural tube defects—A case study of global partnerships for a successful resolution adoption6
Birth outcomes following in utero co‐exposure to tobacco and marijuana6
Publicly funded healthcare costs associated with orofacial clefts for children born in Alberta, Canada between 2002 and 20186
MotherToBaby and CDC: Partnering to Provide a Rapid and Personalized Response to COVID‐19 Vaccine Inquiries During Pregnancy and Lactation6
Ascertainment of malformations in pregnancy registries: Lessons learned in the North American AED Pregnancy Registry6
Knowledge of periconceptional folic acid supplementation and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Hawassa, South Ethiopia6
Rodent anogenital distance recommendations6
Chloroacetonitrile reduces rat prenatal bone length and induces oxidative stress, apoptosis, and DNA damage in rat fetal liver6
The accuracy of hospital discharge data in recording major congenital anomalies in Australia6
Use of vasoactive medications in pregnancy and the risk of stillbirth among birth defect cases6
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The outcome and complications of modern staged repair surgery in newborns with classic bladder exstrophy in different genders: A retrospective study6
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Post‐mortem rapid aneuploidy testing for holoprosencephaly6
Periconceptional use of vitamin A and the risk of giving birth to a child with nonsyndromic orofacial clefts—A meta‐analysis6
Determination and analysis of sex ratios in heme oxygenase 1 gene targeted mouse embryos6
Hypothesized pathogenesis of acardius acephalus, acormus, amorphus, anceps, acardiac edema, single umbilical artery, and pump twin risk prediction6
Racial and ethnic differences in infant survival for hydrocephaly—Texas, 1999–20176
A global update on the status of prevention of folic acid‐preventable spina bifida and anencephaly in year 20225
Birth defects surveillance: Working together to advance science5
Correction to “Comments on “Maternal–fetal safety evaluation of an aqueous extract of Casearia sylvestris [AECS] leaves in rats” (Nagaoka et al., 2023 [DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.25
Protective effect of Agaricus bisporus mushroom against maternal and fetal damage induced by lead administration during pregnancy in rats5
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Life Course Considerations in Environmental Health: Developmental Neurotoxicity of Domoic Acid at Doses Below Acute Effect Levels in Adult Humans5
Recommendation to change the peer review process5
Correction to “Determination and analysis of sex ratios in heme oxygenase 1 gene targeted mouse embryos”5
Survival of Children With Critical Congenital Heart Defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study5
Associations between maternal reports of periconceptional fever from miscellaneous causes and structural birth defects5
Sodium valproate exposure influences the expression of pparg in the zebrafish model5
Maternal Exposure to Tap Water Disinfection By‐Products and Risk of Selected Congenital Heart Defects5
Comparative anatomy, pre‐ and postnatal changes during the development and maturation of the small intestine: Life‐stage influences on exposure5
A global update on the status of prevention of folic acid‐preventable spina bifida and anencephaly in year 2020: 30‐Year anniversary of gaining knowledge about folic acid's prevention potential for ne5
Paternal Valproate Treatment and Risk of Childhood Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Precautionary Regulatory Measures Are Insufficiently Substantiated5
Sex‐dependent alterations of inflammatory factors, oxidative stress, and histopathology of the brain‐gut axis in a VPA‐induced autistic‐like model of rats5
Nongenetic risk factors for infantile cataracts: Systematic review of observational studies5
Intake of Trans‐Fat Diet With Prenatal Bisphenol A Exposure Induce Global DNA Methylation in Rats Offspring5
Gestational exposure to continuous light impairs the development of the female reproductive system in adult Wistar rat offspring5
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Behavioral and neuroinflammatory changes caused by glyphosate: Base herbicide in mice offspring5
Homozygous LOXL2 variant in individuals affected by non‐syndromic occipital encephalocele4
Mycophenolate mofetil exposure on embryonic and fetal ear development in rats during pregnancy4
A Generalized Machine Learning Model for Identifying Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) Using ICD Codes4
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Multiple subtypes of coxsackievirus group B can cause congenital heart disease4
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In‐utero cannabis exposure and long‐term psychiatric and neurodevelopmental outcomes: The limitations of existing literature and recommendations for future research4
Reproductive and neurobehavioral effects of maternal exposure to dinotefuran in the F1‐generation mice4
Revisiting the testicular toxicity of cyanide: Assessment of the new and existing literature4
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Assessment of postnatal femur development in Wistar Han rats4
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Population‐based surveillance for birth defects potentially related to Zika virus infection including 3‐year mortality and developmental outcomes, and Early Intervention Program service use—New York C4
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Prenatal alcohol exposure can be determined from baby teeth: Proof of concept4
Association Between Self‐Reported Infections and Seropositivity Among Pregnant Women With Gastroschisis: A Case Control Study, With Emphasis on Chlamydia trachomatis4
Maternal diabetes as a teratogenic factor for congenital heart defects in infants of diabetic mothers4
Protective effect of quercetin on fetal development and congenital skeletal anomalies against exposure of pregnant Wistar rats to crude oil vapor4
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Risk of birth defects by pregestational type 1 or type 2 diabetes: National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–20114
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Maternal exposure to heparin products and risk of birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study4
Maternal Separation Exhibits a Sex Dimorphism in Memory Impairments in Adolescent Rats: Acute Methylphenidate Administration as a Treatment4
Epigenetic regulation of craniofacial development and disease4
Temporal Trends of Infant Mortality Secondary to Congenital Heart Disease: National CDC Cohort Analysis (1999–2020)4
A Supra‐Numerary Limb Grafted Onto a Sacrococcygeal Mass in a Child With Spinal Dysraphism: Case Report, Dysmorphogenesis, and Management Review4
Prevalence of neural tube defects, maternal HIV status, and antiretroviral therapy from a hospital‐based birth defect surveillance in Kampala, Uganda3
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Vitelline vascular remnant causing intestinal obstruction in a patient with TARP syndrome3
Gestational exposure to triphenyl phosphate induces epigenetic modifications in C57Bl/6 fetal liver3
Review of the state of science and evaluation of currently available in silico prediction models for reproductive and developmental toxicity: A case study on pesticides3
Analysis of incidence data in developmental toxicity studies: Statistical tests to account for litter effects in fetal defect data3
A case‐control study characterizing polydactyly risk factors in Bogotá and Cali, Colombia between 2002 and 20203
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Alobar holoprosencephaly in mining‐related areas of the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A case series3
Quantitative in vitro to in vivo extrapolation for developmental toxicity potency of valproic acid analogues3
Daphne Trasler: In memoriam3
Early childhood outcomes of NICU graduates with cytomegalovirus infection in California3
Is gastroschisis associated with county‐level socio‐environmental quality during pregnancy?3
Early pregnancy vitamin D status and risk of select congenital anomalies in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study3
Hdac1 and Hdac2 positively regulate Notch1 gain‐of‐function pathogenic signaling in committed osteoblasts of male mice3
Climate and environmental changes exacerbate health disparities in pregnant people and their offspring. How can we protect women and their babies?3
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A multi‐program analysis of cleft lip with cleft palate prevalence and mortality using data from 22 International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research programs, 1974–20143
Subdivided Historical Data to Assess Replicability of the Rat Embryo‐Fetal Developmental Toxicity Study3
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Prophylactic use of cardiac medications for delay of left ventricular dysfunction in Duchenne muscular dystrophy3
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Fetal exposure to tofacitinib during the first trimester: A healthy newborn case report3
The timing, duration, and severity of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes among controls without birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study3
Hypothesis: By‐products of vascular disruption carried in the CSF affect prenatal brain development3
The association of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, its treatments, and select birth defects: Findings from the National Birth Defect Prevention Study3
The prenatal use of agmatine prevents social behavior deficits in VPA‐exposed mice by activating the ERK/CREB/BDNF signaling pathway3
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Pregnancy and infant outcomes by trimester of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in pregnancy–SET‐NET, 22 jurisdictions, January 25, 2020–December 31, 20203
Factors associated with Medicaid participation among infants born with birth defects in Texas, 2010–20143
Neighborhood social deprivation and healthcare utilization, disability, and comorbidities among young adults with congenital heart defects: Congenital heart survey to recognize outcomes, needs, and we3
Gastroschisis prevalence patterns in 27 surveillance programs from 24 countries, International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, 1980–20173
Proportion of critical congenital heart defects attributable to unhealthy prepregnancy body mass index among women with live births in Florida, 2005–20162
Implications of abortion legislation on birth defect surveillance2
Concomitant genetic defects potentiate the adverse impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on cardiac outflow tract maturation2
Describing characteristics of adults with and without congenital heart defects hospitalized with COVID‐192
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Observed Prevalence of Congenital Situs Inversus in the United States Before and During the SARSCoV‐2 Pandemic, 2017–20222
Factors associated with infant sex and preterm birth status for selected birth defects from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–20112
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A putative adverse outcome network for neonatal mortality and lower birth weight in rodents: Applicability to per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances and relevance to human health2
Risk factors and characteristics of the birth of patients with craniofacial microsomia, a case–control study2
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Cardiovascular function during early development is suppressed by cinnamon flavored, nicotine‐free, electronic cigarette vapor2
Mechanical dissection and culture of mouse cranial neural crest cells2
Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention Symposium: Health Disparities Within Communities of Color2
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Maternal hereditary hemolytic anemia and birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study2
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Conjoined twins and conjoined triplets: At the heart of the matter2
Bladder augmentation in exstrophy vesicae: Long‐term results of a single experienced center2
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The relationship between maternal periconceptional micronutrient supplementation and non‐syndromic cleft lip/palate in offspring2
Why does second trimester demise of a monochorionic twin not result in acardiac twinning?2
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Investigating the association between vitamin D dietary intake during pregnancy and incidence of clubfoot in neonates2
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Prenatal epigenetic factors are predisposing for neurodevelopmental disorders—Considering placenta as a model2
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Toward better assessments of developmental toxicity using stem cell‐based in vitro embryogenesis models2
Functional Evaluation of Neural Tube Defect‐Related Missense Mutations Using In Silico Methods2
Childhood Educational Outcomes of Infants Born With Esophageal Atresia With or Without Tracheoesophageal Fistula2
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From the Editor‐in‐Chief: Birth Defects Research 20232
Investigation of the impact of AXL, TLR3, and STAT2 in congenital Zika syndrome through genetic polymorphisms and protein–protein interaction netw2
Evaluating endocrine disrupting chemicals: A perspective on the novel assessments in CLARITY‐BPA2
Docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, arachidonic acid, and neural tube defects in Tunisian population2
Co‐occurrence of congenital anomalies by maternal race/ethnicity among infants and fetuses with Down syndrome, 2013–2017: A U.S. population‐based analysis2
Association of MTHFR (C677T, A1298C) and MTRR A66G polymorphisms with fatty acids profile and risk of neural tube defects2
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Regulation of Oct4 in stem cells and neural crest cells2
Natural history study of Pseudoachondroplasia: A focus on oral health2
High glucose impairs osteogenic differentiation of embryonic stem cells via early diversion of beta‐catenin from Forkhead box O to T cell factor interaction2
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Prevalence of vascular disruption anomalies and association with young maternal age: A EUROCAT study to compare the United Kingdom with other European countries2
Maternal immunization with Group B Streptococcus six‐valent polysaccharide conjugate vaccine supported by lack of toxicity in rat and rabbit fertility and developmental toxicity stud2
Additional evidence for the vascular disruption defect hypothesis in a novel case of brainstem disconnection syndrome2
Folate and vitamin B12 status and predicted neural tube defects risk among nonpregnant women of reproductive age from the Malawi National Micronutrient Survey, 2015–202
Prevention and awareness of birth defects across the lifespan using examples from congenital heart defects and spina bifida2
Integration and application of new approach methodologies in assessing the developmental hazards: Case study with an antimalarial drug2
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Genitourinary infection and gastroschisis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis2
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