Major Birth Defects

 

 

Neural Tube Defects

  • Anencephaly
  • Spina Bifida
  • Encephalocele

Congenital Heart Defects

  • Transposition of the great arteries
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
  • Coarctation of the Aorta
  • ...additional defects included in this category

Chromosomal Anomalies

  • Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
  • Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)
  • Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)

Orofacial Clefts

  • Cleft lip with and without cleft palate
  • Cleft palate alone

Abdominal Wall Defects

  • Gastroschisis
  • Omphalocele

 

IMPORTANT LINKS AND RESOURCES!!

Birth Defect Fact Sheets in ENGLISH :

Birth Defect Fact Sheets in SPANISH :

 

 

 

Limb Reduction Defects

  • Reduction deformities, upper limbs
  • Reduction deformities, lower limbs

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder