title: [Monitoring of congenital defects in children of Nizhniy Novgorod Region].
abstract: Presented in the paper are the results of monitoring of congenital defects (CD) among newborns in Nizhniy Novgorod Region in 1999-2003. All CD were subject to routine registration at maternity homes, pediatric clinics and dissection rooms of hospitals. The mean CD prevalence made, during the mentioned period, 15 cases per 1000 newborns, which is in keeping with the CD figures registered in other regions of Russia. The share of some nosological CD forms is in line with the results of the International Registry.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Golod
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Udalova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology