EUROCAT

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EUROCAT is the "European network of population based registries for congenital anomalies".

They were founded in 1979, with the goal of improving the collection of data about congenital disorders, and the standardization of that data.[1][2]

They have published extensions to ICD-10 Chapter Q, which helps to provide unique codes for individual conditions.

Approximately a quarter of the births in the European Union are reported to EUROCAT.[3]

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  1. ^ Dolk H (2005). "EUROCAT: 25 years of European surveillance of congenital anomalies". Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. 90 (5): F355–8. doi:10.1136/adc.2004.062810. PMID 16113149. 
  2. ^ Lechat MF, Dolk H (1993). "Registries of congenital anomalies: EUROCAT". Environ. Health Perspect. 101 Suppl 2: 153–7. PMID 8243386. 
  3. ^ Meijer WM, Cornel MC, Dolk H, de Walle HE, Armstrong NC, de Jong-van den Berg LT (2006). "The potential of the European network of congenital anomaly registers (EUROCAT) for drug safety surveillance: a descriptive study". Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 15 (9): 675–82. doi:10.1002/pds.1265. PMID 16761260. 

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