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Article: Birth Defects
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- Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
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Birth Defects
How Do Hereditary Factors Cause Birth Defects?
How Do Environmental Factors Cause Birth Defects?
How Do Doctors Diagnose Birth Defects?
How Do Doctors Treat Birth Defects?
How Do Doctors and Parents-to-Be Prevent Birth Defects?
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A birth defect is an abnormality in the body structure or chemistry of a newborn child. It may be caused by hereditary factors (that is, by genetic causes), by environmental influences that affect the embryo or fetus in the mother
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s womb, or by a combination of factors. Often, the cause of a birth defect is unknown.
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Genetics
Pregnancy
Amniocentesis
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