Letter

The incidence of gastroschisis: Research urgently needs resources

BMJ 2006; 332 doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7538.423-a (Published 16 February 2006)
Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:423.2

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  1. Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo, director,
  2. Alessandra Lisi, statistician,
  3. Eduardo E Castilla, coordinator (castilla@centroin.com.br)
  1. Centre of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, Via Pilo Albertell 9, 00195 Rome, Italy icbd@icbd.org
  2. ECLAMC, Departamento de Genetica, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Caixa Postal 926, 20001-970, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    EDITOR—Kilby says that gastroschisis shows an increasing temporal trend in the number of affected babies born in the United Kingdom,1 a trend that has also been observed in other parts of the world.2

    We evaluated the data of 25 registries of members of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects …

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