I have met many courageous people whose congenital defects are far more serious than my own.
Nicolas's severe congenital defects became clear soon after his birth in January 1983.
For in life, it is the blend of your genes that makes you strong and not their purity (which leads to congenital defects).
A population with no immunity to Rubella would see a sharp increase in congenital defects if an epidemic occurred of this otherwise innocuous virus.
She was also given a new screening known as the prenatal microdeletion panel, which identifies rare DNA alterations that can cause up to 100 congenital defects.
Adverse health effects apparently associated with the chemicals include pre-term birth, low birth weight, congenital defects and impairment of fertility later in life.
The unit also became a leader in the development and delivery of prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal and other congenital defects and genetic counselling.
A common drug used to treat epilepsy has caused congenital defects in about 450 babies in France, according to an estimate by health authorities published on Tuesday.
Because I came into the world with minor congenital defects, my parents urged a physician to perform a mercy killing that effectively would have been a retroactive abortion.
His work has shown that there is no increased risk of congenital defects in children who are exposed to chemotherapy during pregnancy.
In human babies, the normal rate of congenital defects is about 2percentt, and we wouldn't tolerate a jump to 3percentt".
