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10. Easily identifiable congenital malformations
Author(s) -
EKANEM A. D.,
CHONG H.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1985.tb15874.x
Subject(s) - polydactyly , congenital malformations , neural tube , medicine , disadvantaged , pediatrics , obstetrics , pregnancy , anatomy , biology , genetics , embryo , political science , law
Summary. At birth, the prevalence of easily identifiable congenital malformations was 14 per 1000 babies. Polydactyly was very common and cleft lip/cleft palate very rare as they are in other black populations. The prevalence of neural‐tube defects was only 1.6 per 1000 babies and there was little to indicate that the socially disadvantaged were any more vulnerable than those with better living standards. As a group, congenital malformations contribute very little towards the poor maternal and fetal outcomes in Zaria.