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International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects

Surveillance and Research.

Program details

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History:

Population based birth defects surveillance began in 2000 in the framework of the Ukrainian-American Birth Defects Program (UABDP) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID, 2001-2005). The program became an associate member of ICBDRS in 2001. In 2005 the program was assumed by OMNI-Net, a not-for-profit international organization incorporated in Ukraine. OMNI-Net represents three resource OMNI-centers conducting birth defects surveillance, providing care for children and promoting prevention programs with participation of parental organizations, national and international partners. Program objectives include universal folic acid flour fortification, methods to reduce alcohol impact on child development in collaboration with partners and promoting international partnerships.

Size and coverage::

Birth defects surveillance concerns 25000 births in two oblasts (provinces) of Northwest of Ukraine, representing approximately 5% of births in Ukraine. The population is relatively homogeneous, stable (data is pooled from two oblasts). The northern counties (rayons) of both oblasts are contaminated by Chornobyl ionizing radiation.

Legislation and funding:

OMNI-Net personnel are partially financed by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, oblast authorities, and from private OMNI-Net sources. The legislation and rules by the Ministry of Health mandates the reporting of birth defects.

Sources of ascertainment:

Trained clinicians responsible for issuing birth documents also and concurrently collect and report data to OMNI-Net aggregated in a population neonatal registry and in instances of anomalies additional data is routinely collected and aggregated in a separate population registry administered by OMNI-Net. OMNI-Net clinicians selectively assess and follow-up infants with anomalies and update information in the population registry of anomalies. In addition, infants up to 1 year of age are included in the anomaly registry if fulfilling the diagnostic criteria of developmental anomalies defined by EUROCAT or ICBDSR networks. The process includes systematic active reviews of clinical records of specialty clinics and hospital admission/discharge summaries.

Exposure information:

The above process includes information regarding teratogenic factors and anomalies detected by prenatal examinations.

Background information:

Data regarding ionizing radiation pollution in contaminated rayons is available by special agreements. Data from a population based neonatal registry is also available by special agreements.

Addresses and staff:

Dr. Wladimir Wertelecki,International Coordinator,Department of Medical Genetics,University of South Alabama,307 University Blvd., CCCB, 274,Mobile, Al, USA 36688,E-mail: genfir3@gmail.com,,Dr. Lyubov Yevtushok, Medical coordinator,“OMNI-Net for Children”,36, 16 Lypnya Str., Room 709,Rivne, Ukraine 33028,Phone: +38 036 262 3447,E-mail: yevtushokl@gmail.com

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Publications

Morris JK, Addor MC, Ballardini E, Barisic I, Barrachina-Bonet L, Braz P, Cavero-Carbonell C, Den Hond E, Garne E, Gatt M, Haeusler M, Khoshnood B, Lelong N, Kinsner-Ovaskainen A, Kiuru-Kuhlefelt S, Klungsoyr K, Latos-Bielenska A, Limb E, O'Mahony MT, Perthus I, Pierini A, Rankin J, Rissmann A, Rouget F, Sayers G, Sipek A Jr, Stevens S, Tucker D, Verellen-Dumoulin C, de Walle HEK, Wellesley D, Wertelecki W, Bermejo-Sanchez E. Prevention of Neural Tube Defects in Europe: A Public Health Failure. Front Pediatr. 2021 Jun 24;9:647038. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.647038. PMID: 34249803; PMCID: PMC8264257.
Morris JK, Garne E, Loane M, Barisic I, Densem J, Latos-Bielenska A, Neville A, Pierini A, Rankin J, Rissmann A, de Walle H, Tan J, Given JE, Claridge H; EUROlinkCAT Consortium. EUROlinkCAT protocol for a European population-based data linkage study investigating the survival, morbidity and education of children with congenital anomalies. BMJ Open. 2021 Jun 28;11(6):e047859. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047859. PMID: 34183346; PMCID: PMC8240574.
Kautz-Turnbull C, Petrenko CLM, Handley ED, Coles CD, Kable JA, Wertelecki W, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Chambers CD; Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD). Partner influence as a factor in maternal alcohol consumption and depressive symptoms, and maternal effects on infant neurodevelopmental outcomes. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 Jun;45(6):1265-1275. doi: 10.1111/acer.14612. Epub 2021 May 17. PMID: 33999430; PMCID: PMC8254755.
Coles CD, Kable JA, Granovska IV, Pashtepa AO, Wertelecki W, Chambers CD; CIFASD. Measurement of neurodevelopmental effects of prenatal alcohol exposure in Ukrainian preschool children. Child Neuropsychol. 2021 May 13:1-16. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2021.1919298. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33982636.
Patskun E, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnia N, Lapchenko S, Akhmedzhanova D, Wertelecki W. A teratology information system in vernacular: Closing an information gap. Birth Defects Res. 2021 Apr 24. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1901. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33893758.
Bell JC, Baynam G, Bergman JEH, Bermejo-Sánchez E, Botto LD, Canfield MA, Dastgiri S, Gatt M, Groisman B, Hurtado-Villa P, Kallen K, Khoshnood B, Konrad V, Landau D, Lopez-Camelo JS, Martinez L, Morgan M, Mutchinick OM, Nance AE, Nembhard W, Pierini A, Rissmann A, Shan X, Sipek A, Szabova E, Tagliabue G, Yevtushok LS, Zarante I, Nassar N. Survival of infants born with esophageal atresia among 24 international birth defects surveillance programs. Birth Defects Res. 2021 Mar 18. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1891. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33734618.
Kable JA, Coles CD, Jones KL, Yevtushok L, Kulikovsky Y, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Dubchak I, Akhmedzhanova D, Wertelecki W, Chambers CD; CIFASD. Infant Cardiac Orienting Responses Predict Later FASD in the Preschool Period. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 Feb;45(2):386-394. doi: 10.1111/acer.14525. Epub 2021 Jan 6. PMID: 33277942; PMCID: PMC7887046.
Politis MD, Bermejo-Sánchez E, Canfield MA, Contiero P, Cragan JD, Dastgiri S, de Walle HEK, Feldkamp ML, Nance A, Groisman B, Gatt M, Benavides-Lara A, Hurtado-Villa P, Kallén K, Landau D, Lelong N, Lopez-Camelo J, Martinez L, Morgan M, Mutchinick OM, Pierini A, Rissmann A, Šípek A, Szabova E, Wertelecki W, Zarante I, Bakker MK, Kancherla V, Mastroiacovo P, Nembhard WN; International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research. Prevalence and mortality in children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a multicountry study. Ann Epidemiol. 2021 Apr;56:61-69.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.11.007. Epub 2020 Nov 27. PMID: 33253899; PMCID: PMC8009766.
Wertelecki W. Chornobyl radiation-congenital anomalies: A persisting dilemma. Congenit Anom (Kyoto). 2021 Jan;61(1):9-13. doi: 10.1111/cga.12388. Epub 2020 Aug 19. PMID: 33405251.
Nembhard WN, Bergman JEH, Politis MD, Arteaga-Vázquez J, Bermejo-Sánchez E, Canfield MA, Cragan JD, Dastgiri S, de Walle HEK, Feldkamp ML, Nance A, Gatt M, Groisman B, Hurtado-Villa P, Kallén K, Landau D, Lelong N, Lopez-Camelo J, Martinez L, Morgan M, Pierini A, Rissmann A, Šípek A, Szabova E, Tagliabue G, Wertelecki W, Zarante I, Bakker MK, Kancherla V, Mastroiacovo P. A multi-country study of prevalence and early childhood mortality among children with omphalocele. Birth Defects Res. 2020 Oct 17. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1822. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33067932.
Bandoli G, Jones K, Wertelecki W, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Granovska I, Plotka L, Chambers C; CIFASD. Patterns of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Alcohol-Related Dysmorphic Features. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2020 Aug 9. doi: 10.1111/acer.14430. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32772389.
Wertelecki W. Josef Warkany's gestation of the teratology society. Birth Defects Res. 2020 Jul 15;112(12):885-889. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1684. PMID: 32686352.
Sowell KD, Holt RR, Uriu-Adams JY, Chambers CD, Coles CD, Kable JA, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Wertelecki W, Keen CL; CIFASD. Altered Maternal Plasma Fatty Acid Composition by Alcohol Consumption and Smoking during Pregnancy and Associations with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. J Am Coll Nutr. 2020 Mar-Apr;39(3):249-260. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2020.1737984. Epub 2020 Apr 2. PMID: 32240041.
Bodnar TS, Raineki C, Wertelecki W, Yevtushok L, Plotka L, Granovska I, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Pashtepa A, Wells A, Honerkamp-Smith G, Coles CD, Kable JA, Chambers CD, Weinberg J; and the CIFASD. Immune network dysregulation associated with child neurodevelopmental delay: modulatory role of prenatal alcohol exposure. J Neuroinflammation. 2020 Jan 28;17(1):39. doi: 10.1186/s12974-020-1717-8. PMID: 31992316; PMCID: PMC6988366.
Bakker MK, Kancherla V, Canfield MA, Bermejo-Sanchez E, Cragan JD, Dastgiri S, De Walle HEK, Feldkamp ML, Groisman B, Gatt M, Hurtado-Villa P, Kallen K, Landau D, Lelong N, Lopez Camelo JS, Martínez L, Morgan M, Mutchinick OM, Nembhard WN, Pierini A, Rissmann A, Sipek A, Szabova E, Tagliabue G, Wertelecki W, Zarante I, Mastroiacovo P. Analysis of Mortality among Neonates and Children with Spina Bifida: An International Registry-Based Study, 2001-2012. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2019 Nov;33(6):436-448. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12589. Epub 2019 Oct 21. PMID: 31637749; PMCID: PMC6899817.
Sarkar DK, Gangisetty O, Wozniak JR, Eckerle JK, Georgieff MK, Foroud TM, Wetherill L, Wertelecki W, Chambers CD, Riley E, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Yevtushok L. Persistent Changes in Stress-Regulatory Genes in Pregnant Women or Children Exposed Prenatally to Alcohol. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 Sep;43(9):1887-1897. doi: 10.1111/acer.14148. Epub 2019 Aug 6. PMID: 31329297; PMCID: PMC6722014.
Bandoli G, Coles CD, Kable JA, Wertelecki W, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Wells A, Granovska IV, Pashtepa AO, Chambers CD; CIFASD. Patterns of Prenatal Alcohol Use That Predict Infant Growth and Development. Pediatrics. 2019 Feb;143(2):e20182399. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-2399. Epub 2019 Jan 4. PMID: 30610099; PMCID: PMC6361345.
Coles CD, Kable JA, Granovska IV, Pashtepa AO, Plotka LD, Dolhov VB, Wertelecki W, Jones KL, Chambers CD; CIFASD. Gestational age and socioeconomic status as mediators for the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on development at 6 months. Birth Defects Res. 2019 Jul 15;111(12):789-796. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1408. Epub 2018 Oct 31. PMID: 30378744; PMCID: PMC6494703.
Wertelecki W, Yevtushok L, Kuznietsov I, Komov O, Lapchenko S, Akhmedzanova D, Ostapchuk L. Chornobyl, radiation, neural tube defects, and microcephaly. Eur J Med Genet. 2018 Sep;61(9):556-563. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.06.005. Epub 2018 Jun 13. PubMed PMID: 29908351.
Morris JK, Garne E, Loane M, Addor MC, Barisic I, Bianchi F, Gatt M, Lanzoni M, Lynch C, Mokoroa O, Nelen V, Neville A, O'Mahony MT, Randrianaivo-Ranjatoelina H, Rissmann A, Tucker D, de Walle HEK, Zymak-Zakutnia N, Rankin J. Prevalence of valproate syndrome in Europe from 2005 to 2014: A registry based multi-centre study. Eur J Med Genet. 2018 Sep;61(9):479-482. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.05.008. Epub 2018 May 18. PubMed PMID: 29753923.
Barisic I, Boban L, Akhmedzhanova D, Bergman JEH, Cavero-Carbonell C, Grinfelde I, Materna-Kiryluk A, Latos-Bielenska A, Randrianaivo H, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Sansovic I, Lanzoni M, Morris JK. Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome: A population-based study on prevalence, prenatal diagnosis, associated anomalies and survival in Europe. Eur J Med Genet. 2018 Sep;61(9):499-507. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.05.014. Epub 2018 May 31. PubMed PMID: 29753922.
Garne E, Rissmann A, Addor MC, Barisic I, Bergman J, Braz P, Cavero-Carbonell C, Draper ES, Gatt M, Haeusler M, Klungsoyr K, Kurinczuk JJ, Lelong N, Luyt K, Lynch C, O'Mahony MT, Mokoroa O, Nelen V, Neville AJ, Pierini A, Randrianaivo H, Rankin J, Rouget F, Schaub B, Tucker D, Verellen-Dumoulin C, Wellesley D, Wiesel A, Zymak-Zakutnia N, Lanzoni M, Morris JK. Epidemiology of septo-optic dysplasia with focus on prevalence and maternal age - A EUROCAT study. Eur J Med Genet. 2018 Sep;61(9):483-488. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.05.010. Epub 2018 May 10. PubMed PMID: 29753093.
Bodnar TS, Raineki C, Wertelecki W, Yevtushok L, Plotka L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Honerkamp-Smith G, Wells A, Rolland M, Woodward TS, Coles CD, Kable JA, Chambers CD, Weinberg J; Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD). Altered maternal immune networks are associated with adverse child neurodevelopment: Impact of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Brain Behav Immun. 2018 Oct;73:205-215. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.05.004. Epub 2018 May 5. PubMed PMID: 29738852.
Sowell KD, Uriu-Adams JY, Van de Water J, Chambers CD, Coles CD, Kable JA, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Wertelecki W, Keen CL; Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD). Implications of altered maternal cytokine concentrations on infant outcomes in children with prenatal alcohol exposure. Alcohol. 2018 May;68:49-58. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2017.08.006. Epub 2017 Aug 12. PubMed PMID: 29453023; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5820219.
Given JE, Loane M, Garne E, Nelen V, Barisic I, Randrianaivo H, Khoshnood B, Wiesel A, Rissmann A, Lynch C, Neville AJ, Pierini A, Bakker M, Klungsoyr K, Latos Bielenska A, Cavero-Carbonell C, Addor MC, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Tucker D, Dolk H. Gastroschisis in Europe - A Case-malformed-Control Study of Medication and Maternal Illness during Pregnancy as Risk Factors. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2017 Nov;31(6):549-559. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12401. Epub 2017 Aug 25. PubMed PMID: 28841756.
Groen H, Bouman K, Pierini A, Rankin J, Rissmann A, Haeusler M, Yevtushok L, Loane M, Erwich JJHM, de Walle HEK. Stillbirth and neonatal mortality in pregnancies complicated by major congenital anomalies: Findings from a large European cohort. Prenat Diagn. 2017 Nov;37(11):1100-1111. doi: 10.1002/pd.5148. Epub 2017 Oct 6. PubMed PMID: 28837248.
Boyle B, Addor MC, Arriola L, Barisic I, Bianchi F, Csáky-Szunyogh M, de Walle HEK, Dias CM, Draper E, Gatt M, Garne E, Haeusler M, Källén K, Latos-Bielenska A, McDonnell B, Mullaney C, Nelen V, Neville AJ, O'Mahony M, Queisser-Wahrendorf A, Randrianaivo H, Rankin J, Rissmann A, Ritvanen A, Rounding C, Tucker D, Verellen-Dumoulin C, Wellesley D, Wreyford B, Zymak-Zakutnia N, Dolk H. Estimating Global Burden of Disease due to congenital anomaly: an analysis of European data. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2018 Jan;103(1):F22-F28. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311845. Epub 2017 Jun 30. PubMed PMID: 28667189; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5750368.
Carlson CR Jr, Uriu-Adams JY, Chambers CD, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Chan PH, Schafer JJ, Wertelecki W, Keen CL. Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant Ukrainian Women: Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Vitamin D Status. J Am Coll Nutr. 2017 Jan;36(1):44-56. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2016.1174091. PubMed PMID: 28169608; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5478197.
Mesa DA, Kable JA, Coles CD, Jones KL, Yevtushok L, Kulikovsky Y, Wertelecki W, Coleman TP, Chambers CD; CIFASD. The Use of Cardiac Orienting Responses as an Early and Scalable Biomarker of Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Impairment. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2017 Jan;41(1):128-138. doi: 10.1111/acer.13261. Epub 2016 Nov 24. PubMed PMID: 27883195; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5205554.
Balaraman S, Schafer JJ, Tseng AM, Wertelecki W, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Chambers CD, Miranda RC. Plasma miRNA Profiles in Pregnant Women Predict Infant Outcomes following Prenatal Alcohol Exposure. PLoS One. 2016 Nov 9;11(11):e0165081. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165081. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 27828986; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5102408.
Wertelecki W, Chambers CD, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Sosyniuk Z, Lapchenko S, Ievtushok B, Akhmedzhanova D, Komov O. Chornobyl 30 years later: Radiation, pregnancies, and developmental anomalies in Rivne, Ukraine. Eur J Med Genet. 2017 Jan;60(1):2-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2016.09.019. Epub 2016 Sep 30. PubMed PMID: 27697599.
Montag AC, Hull AD, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnya N, Sosyniuk Z, Dolhov V, Jones KL, Wertelecki W, Chambers CD; CIFASD. Second-Trimester Ultrasound as a Tool for Early Detection of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Nov;40(11):2418-2425. doi: 10.1111/acer.13232. Epub 2016 Sep 30. PubMed PMID: 27688069; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5104277.
Kable JA, Coles CD, Jones KL, Yevtushok L, Kulikovsky Y, Wertelecki W, Chambers CD; CIFASD. Cardiac Orienting Responses Differentiate the Impact of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure in Ukrainian Toddlers. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Nov;40(11):2377-2384. doi: 10.1111/acer.13221. Epub 2016 Sep 21. PubMed PMID: 27650880; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5073038.
Bandoli G, Coles CD, Kable JA, Wertelecki W, Granovska IV, Pashtepa AO, Chambers CD; CIFASD. Assessing the Independent and Joint Effects of Unmedicated Prenatal Depressive Symptoms and Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy and Infant Neurodevelopmental Outcomes. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Jun;40(6):1304-11. doi: 10.1111/acer.13081. Epub 2016 Apr 30. PubMed PMID: 27129610; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4889502.
Wertelecki W, Koerblein A, Ievtushok B, Zymak-Zakutnia N, Komov O, Kuznietsov I, Lapchenko S, Sosyniuk Z. Elevated congenital anomaly rates and incorporated cesium-137 in the Polissia region of Ukraine. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2016 Mar;106(3):194-200. doi: 10.1002/bdra.23476. Epub 2016 Feb 12. PubMed PMID: 26871487.
Kable JA, Coles CD, Keen CL, Uriu-Adams JY, Jones KL, Yevtushok L, Kulikovsky Y, Wertelecki W, Pedersen TL, Chambers CD; CIFASD. The impact of micronutrient supplementation in alcohol-exposed pregnancies on information processing skills in Ukrainian infants. Alcohol. 2015 Nov;49(7):647-56. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2015.08.005. Epub 2015 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 26493109; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4636447.
Springett A, Wellesley D, Greenlees R, Loane M, Addor MC, Arriola L, Bergman J, Cavero-Carbonell C, Csaky-Szunyogh M, Draper ES, Garne E, Gatt M, Haeusler M, Khoshnood B, Klungsoyr K, Lynch C, Dias CM, McDonnell R, Nelen V, O'Mahony M, Pierini A, Queisser-Luft A, Rankin J, Rissmann A, Rounding C, Stoianova S, Tuckerz D, Zymak-Zakutnia N, Morris JK. Congenital anomalies associated with trisomy 18 or trisomy 13: A registry-based study in 16 European countries, 2000-2011. Am J Med Genet A. 2015 Dec;167A(12):3062-9. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37355. Epub 2015 Sep 8. PubMed PMID: 26347425.
Coles CD, Kable JA, Keen CL, Jones KL, Wertelecki W, Granovska IV, Pashtepa AO, Chambers CD; CIFASD. Dose and Timing of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Maternal Nutritional Supplements: Developmental Effects on 6-Month-Old Infants. Matern Child Health J. 2015 Dec;19(12):2605-14. doi: 10.1007/s10995-015-1779-x. PubMed PMID: 26164422; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4644455.
Bergman JE, Loane M, Vrijheid M, Pierini A, Nijman RJ, Addor MC, Barisic I, Béres J, Braz P, Budd J, Delaney V, Gatt M, Khoshnood B, Klungsøyr K, Martos C, Mullaney C, Nelen V, Neville AJ, O'Mahony M, Queisser-Luft A, Randrianaivo H, Rissmann A, Rounding C, Tucker D, Wellesley D, Zymak-Zakutnia N, Bakker MK, de Walle HE. Epidemiology of hypospadias in Europe: a registry-based study. World J Urol. 2015 Dec;33(12):2159-67. doi: 10.1007/s00345-015-1507-6. Epub 2015 Feb 25. PubMed PMID: 25712311; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4655014.
McGivern MR, Best KE, Rankin J, Wellesley D, Greenlees R, Addor MC, Arriola L, de Walle H, Barisic I, Beres J, Bianchi F, Calzolari E, Doray B, Draper ES, Garne E, Gatt M, Haeusler M, Khoshnood B, Klungsoyr K, Latos-Bielenska A, O'Mahony M, Braz P, McDonnell B, Mullaney C, Nelen V, Queisser-Luft A, Randrianaivo H, Rissmann A, Rounding C, Sipek A, Thompson R, Tucker D, Wertelecki W, Martos C. Epidemiology of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in Europe: a register-based study. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2015 Mar;100(2):F137-44. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306174. Epub 2014 Nov 19. PubMed PMID: 25411443.
Wertelecki W, Yevtushok L, Zymak-Zakutnia N, Wang B, Sosyniuk Z, Lapchenko S, Hobart HH. Blastopathies and microcephaly in a Chornobyl impacted region of Ukraine. Congenit Anom (Kyoto). 2014 Aug;54(3):125-49. doi: 10.1111/cga.12051. PubMed PMID: 24666273; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4233949.
Dancause KN, Yevtushok L, Lapchenko S, Shumlyansky I, Shevchenko G, Wertelecki W, Garruto RM. Chronic radiation exposure in the Rivne-Polissia region of Ukraine: implications for birth defects. Am J Hum Biol. 2010 Sep-Oct;22(5):667-74. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.21063. PubMed PMID: 20737614.
Wertelecki W. Malformations in a chornobyl-impacted region. Pediatrics. 2010 Apr;125(4):e836-43. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2219. Epub 2010 Mar 22. PubMed PMID: 20308207.
Wertelecki W. Birth defects surveillance in Ukraine: a process. J Appl Genet. 2006;47(2):143-9. PubMed PMID: 16682756.
Yuskiv N, Andelin CO, Polischuk S, Shevchuk O, Sosynyuk Z, Vihovska T, Yevtushok L, Oakley GP Jr, Wertelecki W. High rates of neural tube defects in Ukraine. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2004 Jun;70(6):400-2. PubMed PMID: 15211709.