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GUZMAN SANCHO, Irina et al. Morbidity and mortality caused by congenital malformations of the central nervous system in children under a year. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.12, pp. 1671-1678. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study was carried out during 2012 in 46 patients with congenital malformations of the central nervous system, belonging to Santiago de Cuba province, with the aim of characterizing aspects related to the morbidity and the mortality for this cause. Santiago de Cuba municipality was that of higher incidence, and hydrocephaly the most frequent anomaly; also, the fetal and child mortality obtained for these defects showed rates of 0.3 and 0.1, respectively. It was demonstrated that this malformations have low incidence in these indicators, which confirms the importance of the prenatal diagnosis

Palabras clave : congenital malformations; prenatal diagnosis; morbidity; mortality.

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