International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects

Surveillance and Research.
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Sierra M, Rumbo J, Salazar A, Sarmiento K, Suarez F, Zarante I. Perinatalmortality associated with congenital defects of the central nervous system inColombia, 2005-2014. J Community Genet. 2019 Mar 29. doi:10.1007/s12687-019-00414-x. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30927238.

Correa C, Mallarino C, Peña R, Rincón LC, Gracia G, Zarante I. Congenitalmalformations of pediatric surgical interest: prevalence, risk factors, andprenatal diagnosis between 2005 and 2012 in the capital city of a developingcountry. Bogotá, Colombia. J Pediatr Surg. 2014 Jul;49(7):1099-103. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.03.001. PubMed PMID: 24952796.
García MA, Imbachí L, Hurtado PM, Gracia G, Zarante I. [Ultrasound detectionof congenital anomalies in 76,155 births in the cities of Bogotá and Cali,2011-2012]. Biomedica. 2014 Jul-Sep;34(3):379-86. doi:10.1590/S0120-41572014000300008. Spanish. PubMed PMID: 25504125.

García AM, Machicado S, Gracia G, Zarante IM. Risk factors for congenitaldiaphragmatic hernia in the Bogota birth defects surveillance and follow-upprogram, Colombia. Pediatr Surg Int. 2016 Mar;32(3):227-34. doi:10.1007/s00383-015-3832-7. Epub 2015 Nov 16. PubMed PMID: 26572625.

Fernandez N, Escobar R, Zarante I. Craniofacial anomalies associated withhypospadias. Description of a hospital based population in South America. IntBraz J Urol. 2016 Jul-Aug;42(4):793-7. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2015.0568.PubMed PMID: 27564292; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5006777

Zarante I, Sarmiento K, Mallarino C, Gracia G. Description of Bogotá BirthDefects Surveillance and Follow-up Program. J Registry Manag. 2016Fall;41(3):116-121. PubMed PMID: 28121311.

Hurtado-Villa P, Puerto AK, Victoria S, Gracia G, Guasmayán L, Arce P, ÁlvarezG, Blandón E, Rengifo N, Holguín JA, Durán A, Zarante I. Raised Frequency ofMicrocephaly Related to Zika Virus Infection in Two Birth Defects SurveillanceSystems in Bogotá and Cali, Colombia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017Oct;36(10):1017-1019. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001670. PubMed PMID: 28914749.

Sarmiento K, Valencia S, Gracia G, Hurtado-Villa P, Zarante I. Clinical andEpidemiologic Description of Orofacial Clefts in Bogota and Cali, Colombia,2001-2015. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2018 Apr;55(4):517-520. doi:10.1177/1055665617741062. Epub 2017 Dec 20. PubMed PMID: 29554446.

Tassinari S, Martínez-Vernaza S, Erazo-Morera N, Pinzón-Arciniegas MC, Gracia G, Zarante I. Epidemiology of congenital heart diseases in Bogotá, Colombia, from2001 to 2014: Improved surveillance or increased prevalence? Biomedica. 2018 May 1;38(0):148-155. doi: 10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.3381. PubMed PMID: 29809331.