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. 2015 Oct 28;24(6):844–851. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.219

Table 4. Malformations in prenatally and postnatally diagnosed patients detectable in prenatal ultrasound assessment.

  Postnatal diagnoses, n=688 Prenatal diagnosis (9) (ultrasound findings), n=272 Total, n=960
  % N % N % N
Congenital heart defects 48.5%a 334 83.8% 228 58.5% 562
Thymus agenesia 7.1%a 49 3.7% 10 6.1% 59
Kidney abnormalities 6.0% 41 9.2% 25 6.9% 66
Oral cleft 7.8% 54 3.3% 9 6.6% 63
Growth retardation 4.4% 30 2.9% 8 3.1% 30
Clubfeet 3.3% 23 3.7% 10 3.4% 33
Abnormal male genitalia 2.3%a 16 0.4% 1 1.8% 17
Microcephaly 1.6% 11 0.0% 0 1.1% 11
Polydactyly 1.0% 7 0.7% 2 0.9% 9
Neural tube defect 0.7%a 5 2.6% 7 1.3% 12
Spine bone malformation 0.6% 4 0.0% 0 0.4% 4
Central nervous system malformation 0.7% 5 1.8% 5 1.0% 10
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Significantly greater frequency than for prenatal diagnoses.