title: [The epidemiological problems of hereditary diseases and congenital developmental defects in Ukraine].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Serdiuk
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Baryliak
authors.forename: O I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Tymchenko
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Skyban
mesh_terms: 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