Increasing detection rates of birth defects by prenatal ultrasound leading to apparent increasing prevalence. Lessons learned from the population-based registry of birth defects of Barcelona.
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Abstract
To assess the evolving trends in prenatal ultrasound detection of birth defects and
to suggest a method to avoid the bias generated by an increasing detection rate, when
comparing different time periods.