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Tucker FD, Morris JK, Neville A, Garne E, Kinsner-Ovaskainen A, Lanzoni M, Loane MA, Martin S, Nicholl C, Rankin J, Rissmann AK. EUROCAT: an update on its functions and activities. J Community Genet 2018; 9:407-410. [PMID: 29736796 DOI: 10.1007/s12687-018-0367-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
This paper provides an outline of the development and growth of EUROCAT, the European network of congenital anomaly registers. In recent years the network has been through a period of transition and change. The Central Register of data has transferred from the Ulster University to the EU Joint-Research-Centre, Ispra, Italy.The benefits of combining data from across Europe, from different populations and countries are described by the uses to which these data can be put. These uses include:. surveillance of anomalies at a local, regional or pan-European level. pharmacovigilance. registration of rare diseasesNew studies and projects are underway, including EUROlinkCAT (a Horizon 2020 funded data-linkage project), promising a fruitful future in further research of congenital anomalies.
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Affiliation(s)
- F D Tucker
- Congenital Anomaly Register & Information Service for Wales (CARIS) Public Health Wales, Swansea, UK.
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- Centre for Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- IMER Registry (Emilia Romagna Registry of Birth Defects), University of Ferrara and Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Paediatric Department, Hospital Lillebaelt, Kolding, Denmark
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- DG Joint Research Centre, Directorate F - Health Consumers and Reference Materials, Ispra, Italy
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- DG Joint Research Centre, Directorate F - Health Consumers and Reference Materials, Ispra, Italy
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- Institute of Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University, Newtownabbey, UK
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- DG Joint Research Centre, Directorate F - Health Consumers and Reference Materials, Ispra, Italy
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- DG Joint Research Centre, Directorate F - Health Consumers and Reference Materials, Ispra, Italy
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- Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.,Malformation Monitoring Centre Saxony-Anhalt, Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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