[The epidemiological problems of hereditary diseases and congenital developmental defects in Ukraine].
A description is provided of significance of epidemiological investigations designed to study hereditary pathology to be able to assess health status of the population. The state-in-the-art in this branch of medical science in Ukraine is reviewed. It is shown that the is a problem in this country of hypodiagnosis and inadequate recording of hereditary diseases and congenital developmental anomalies. The contributors to this article submit a system of registration of hereditary pathology, worked out on the basis of a medicogenetical service that starts functioning in Ukraine.
Serdiuk
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AM
Baryliak
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Tymchenko
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Skyban
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HV
D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012042:Registries; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology