Papers
2011
Addor M-C, Amar E, Arriola L, Bakker M, et al., "EUROCAT Member Registries: Organization and activities", Birth Defect Research (Part A), Vol 91 pp 51-100.
Boyd PA, Tonks AM, Rankin J, Rounding C, Wellesley D and Draper ES; BINOCAR Working Group, "Monitoring the prenatal detection of structural fetal congenital anomalies in England and Wales: register-based study", Journal of Medical Screening, Vol 18, pp 2-7.
Dadvand P, Rankin J, Rushton S and Pless-Mulloli T, “Ambient air pollution and congenital heart disease: a register-based study", Environmental Research, Vol 111, pp 435-441.
Dadvand P, Rankin J, Rushton S and Pless-Mulloli T, “Association between maternal exposure to ambient air pollution and congenital heart disease: a register-based, spatiotemporal analysis”, American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 173, pp 171-182.
Dadvand P, Rushton S, Diggle PJ, Goffe L, Rankin J, Pless-Mulloli T, "Using spatio-temporal modeling to predict long-term exposure to black smoke at fine spatial and temporal scale", Atmospheric Environment, Vol 45 pp 659-664.
Dolk H, Loane M, Garne E, Addor M-C, and a EUROCAT Working Group, "Congenital heart defects in Europe: prevalence and perinatal mortality, 2000-2005", Circulation, Vol 123 pp 841-849.
Garne E, Dolk H, Loane M, Wellesley D, Barisic I, Calzolaru E, Densem J and a EUROCAT Working Group, "Surveillance of multiple congenital anomalies: Implementation of a computer algorithm in European Registers for classification of cases", Birth Defect Research (Part A), Vol 91 pp 44-50.
Howe DT, Rankin J, Draper ES, "Schizencephaly prevalence, prenatal diagnosis and clues to aetiology; a register based study", Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, DOI 10.1002/uog.9069.
Khoshnood B, Greenlees R, Loane M, Dolk H, and a EUROCAT Working Group, "EUROCAT public health indicators for congenital anomaly in Europe", Birth Defect Research (Part A), Vol 91, pp 16-22.
Loane M, Dolk H, Garne E, Greenlees R, and a EUROCAT Working Group, "EUROCAT data quality indicators for population-based registries of congenital anomaly", Birth Defect Research (Part A), Vol 91 pp 23-30.
Loane M, Dolk H, Kelly A, Teljeur C, Greenlees R, Densem J and a EUROCAT Working Group, "EUROCAT statistical monitoring: Identification and investigation of ten year trends of congenital anomaly in Europe", Birth Defect Research (Part A), Vol 91 pp 31-43.
Sethna F, Tennant PW, Rankin J, C Robson S, "Prevalence, naturnal history, and clinical outcome of mild to moderate ventriculomegaly", Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol 117, pp 867-876.
Tennant PWG, Samarasekera D, Pless-Mulloli T, Rankin J, "Sex differences in the occurrence of congenital anomalies", Birth Defect Research (Part A), Vol 91 pp 894-901.
Wright JC, Budd JL, Field DJ, Draper ES, "Epidemiology and outcome of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a 9-year experience", Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, Vol 25, pp 144-149.
2010
Boyd P, Loane M, Garne E, Khoshnood B, Dolk H and a EUROCAT Working Group, "Sex chromosome trisomies in Europe: Prevalence, prenatal detection and outcome of pregnancy", European Journal of Human Genetics, Vol 19 pp 231-234.
De Souza E, Alberman E, Morris JK, "Down's syndrome: screening and antenatal diagnosis regionally in England and Wales 1989-2008, Journal of Medical Screening, Vol 17, pp 170-175.
De Souza E, Morris JK; EUROCAT Working Group, "Case-control analysis of paternal age and trisomic anomalies", Archives of Disease in Childhood, Vol 95, pp 893-897.
Dolk H, Armstrong B, Lackowycz K, Vrijheid M, Rankin J, Abramsky L, Boyd P, Wellesley D, "Ambient air pollution and risk of congenital anomalies in England, 1991-99", Occupational and Environment Medicine, Vol 67 pp 223-227.
Garne E, Khoshnood B, Loane M, Boyd P, Dolk H; EUROCAT Working Group, "Termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly after 23 weeks of gestation: a European register-based study", BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol 117, pp 660-666.
Rankin J, Cans C, Garne E, Colver A, Dolk H, Udall P, Amar E, Krageloh-Mann I, "Congenital anomalies in children with cerebral palsy: a population-based, record linkage study", Development, Medicine and Child Neurology, Vol 52 pp 345-351.
Rankin J, Tennant PWG, Stothard KJ, Summerbell CD and Bell R, “Maternal body mass index and congenital anomaly risk: a cohort study”, International Journal of Obesity, Vol 34, pp 1371-1380.
Savva GM, Walker K, Morris JK, "The maternal age-specific live birth prevalence of trisomies 13 and 18 compared to trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 30, pp 57-64.
Tennant PWG, Pearce MS, Bythell M and Rankin J, "20-Year survival of children born with congenital anomalies: a population-based study", Lancet, Vol 375, pp 649-656.
2009
Dadvand P, Rankin J, Shirley MD, Rushton S, Pless-Mulloli T, "Descriptive epidemiology of congenital heart disease in Northern England", Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, Vol 23, pp 58-65.
De Souza E, Halliday J, Chan A, Bower C, Morris JK, "Recurrence risks for trisomies 13, 18,and 21", Americal Journal of Medical Genetics, Vol 149A, pp 2716-2722.
Hodgson S, Shirley MS, Bythell M, Rankin J, "Residential Mobility During Pregnancy in the North of England", BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 9, pp 52.
Loane M, Dolk H, Morris JK; EUROCAT Working Group, "Maternal age-specific risk of non-chromosomal anomalies", BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol 116, pp 1111-1119.
Morris JK, Alberman E, "Trends in Down's syndrome live births and antenatal diagnosis in England and Wales from 1989 to 2008: analysis of data from the National Down Syndrome Cytogenetic Register", British Medical Journal, Vol 339.
Pharoah PO, Glinianaia SV, Rankin J, "Congenital anomalies in multiple births after early loss of a conceptus", Human Reproduction, Vol 24, pp 726-731.
Ramsey L, Howe DT, Wellesley D, "Parental Attitude to Participating in Long-term Follow-up Studies of their Children's Health After In-Utero Diagnosis of Abnormalities", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 29, pp 207-212.
Rankin J, Chadwick T, Natarajan M, Howel D, Pearce MS, Pless-Mulloli T, "Maternal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Risk of Congenital Anomalies", Environmental Research, Vol 109, pp 181-187.
Savva GM, Morris JK, "Ascertainment and accuracy of Down syndrome cases reported in congenital anomaly registers in England and Wales", Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal and Neonatal Edition, Vol 94, pp F23-F27.
Stothard KJ, Tennant PWG, Bell R, Rankin J, "Maternal Overweight and Obesity and the Risk of Congenital Anomalies", Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol 301, No 6, pp 636-650.
2008
Barisic I, Tokic V, Loane M, Bianchi F, Clazolari E, Garne E, Wellesley D, Dolk H, and EUROCAT Working Group, "Descriptive epidemiology of Cornelia de Lange syndrome in Europe", American Journal or Medical Genetics (Part A), Vol 146 pp 51-59.
Blythe M, Howe D, Gnanapragasam J, Wellesley D, "The Hidden Mortality of Transposition of the Great Arteries and Survival Advantage Provided by Prenatal Diagnosis", BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol 115, No 9, pp 1096-100.
Bythell M, Bell R, Taylor R, Zalweski S, Wright C, Rankin J, Ward Platt M, "The Contribution of Late Termination of Pregnancy to Stillbirth Rates in Northern England, 1994-2005", BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol 115, pp 664-666.
Dadvand P, Rankin J, Shirley MPS, Pless-Mulloli T, Rushton S, "Descriptive Epidemiology of Congenital Heart Diseases in Northern England: A 19 Year Register-Based Study", Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, Vol 23, pp 58-65.
Draper E, Rankin J, Tonks A, Abrams KR, Field D, Clarke M, Kurinczuk JJ, "Recreational Drug Use - A Major Risk Factor for Gastroschisis?", American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 167, pp 485-491.
Fillingham A, Rankin J, Prevalence, Prenatal Diagnosis and Survival of Gastroschisis", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 28, pp 1232-1237.
Glininanaia SV, Rankin J, Wright C, "Congenital Anomalies in Multiple Pregnancies", Human Reproduction, Vol 23, pp 1306-1311.
Irving C, Basu A, Richmond S, Burn J, "Twenty-Year Trends in Prevalence and Survival of Down Syndrome", European Journal of Human Genetics, Vol 16, pp 1336-1340.
McNally R, Rankin J, Shirley MDF, Rushton S, Pless-Mulloli T, "Space-Time Clustering of Down Syndrome: Results Consistent with Transient Predisposing Contagious Agent", International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 37, pp 1169-1179.
Morris JK, Savva GM, "The Risk of Fetal Loss Following a Prenatal Diagnosis of Trisomy 13 or Trisomy 18", American Journal of Medical Genetics, Vol 146, pp 827-832.
Mytton J, Harrison V, McLoughlin A, Thompson R, Overton T, "An evaluation of the recording of folic acid use in the South West Congenital Anomaly Register", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 28, pp 722-726.
Rankin J, Silf K, Pearce MS, Parker L, Ward Platt M, "Congenital anomaly and childhood cancer: a population-based, record linkage study", Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Vol 51, pp 608-612.
Savva G, Morris JK, "Ascertainment and Accuracy of Down Syndrome Cases Reported in Congenital Anomaly Registers in England and Wales", Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal and Neonatal Edition.
Swamy R, Embleton N, Hale J, "Scrococcygeal Teratoma over Two Decades, Birth Prevalence, Prenatal Diagnosis and Clinical Outcomes", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 28, pp 1048-1051.
Wren D, Reinhardt Z et al, "Twenty Year Trends in Diagnosis of Life-Threatening Neonatal Cardiovascular Malformations", Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal and Neonatal Edition, Vol 93, pp 33-35.
2007
Armstrong BG, Dolk H, Pattenden S, Vrijheid M, Loane M, Rankin J, Dunn CE, Grundy C, Abramsky L, Boyd PA, Stone D, Wellesley D, "Geographic variation and localised clustering of congenital anomalies in Great Britain", Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, Vol 6, pp 4-14.
Hemming V, Rankin J, "Small Intestinal Atresia in a Defined Population: Occurrence, Clinical Outcomes and Antenatal Diagnosis", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 27, pp 1205-1211.
Morris JK, Wald NJ, "Prevalence of Neural Tube Defect Pregnancies in England and Wales from 1964 to 2004", Journal of Medical Screening, Vol 14, pp 55-59.
Morris JK, Wald NJ, "Estimating the Risk of Down's Syndrome in Antenatal Screening and the Gestation at Which this Risk Applies", Journal of Medical Screening, Vol 14, No 1, pp 5-7.
Rankin J, "Congenital anomalies in the British Isles", In Congenital disease and the Environment, Springer, 2007, pp 359-377. Eds. P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati, L. Hens, C.V. Howard.
2006
Calvert JK, Boyd PA, Chamberlain PC, Syed S, Lakhoo K, "Outcome of antenatally suspected congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung: 10 years' experience 1991-2001", Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal and Neonatal Edition, Vol 91, pp 26-28.
Morris JK, Alberman E, Mutton D, "The proportions of Down's syndrome pregnancies detected prenatally in England and Wales from 1989 to 2004", Journal of Medical Screening, Vol 13, pp 163-165.
Morris JK, Mutton D, Alberman E, "Rates of Down Syndrome at the Upper Extreme of Maternal Age: Considerations and Recommendations in Analysis [comment]", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 16, No 11, pp 1091.
Savva G, Morris JK, Mutton DE, Alberman E, "Maternal Age-Specific Fetal Loss Rates in Down Syndrome Pregnancies", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 26, pp 499-504.
2005
Anumba D, Scott J, Plant N and Robson SC, "Diagnosis and Outcome of Fetal Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction in the Northern Region of England", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 25, No 1, pp 7-13.
Boyd PA, Armstron B, Dolk H, Botting B, Pattenden S, Abramsky L, Rankin J, Vrijheid M, Wellesley D, "Congenital anomaly surveillance in England - ascertainment deficiencies in the national system", British Medical Journal, Vol 330, pp 27
Calvert JK, Boyd PA, Chamberlain PC, Said S and Lakhoo K, "Outcome of antenatally suspected congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung: 10 years' experience 1991-2001." Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal and Neonatal Edition, Vol 91, No 1, pp F26-F28.
Howarth ES, Draper ES, Budd JL, Konje JC, Clarke M and Kurinczuk JJ, "Population-based study of the outcome following the prenatal diagnosis of cystic hygroma", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 25, No 4, pp 286-291.
Morris JK, Mutton DE, Alberman E, "Recurrences of free trisomy 21: analysis of data from the National Down Syndrome Cytogenetic Register", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 25, pp 1120-1128.
Rankin J, Pattenden S, Abramsky L, Boyd P, Jordan H, Stone D, Vrijheid M, Wellesley D, Dolk H, "Prevalence of congenital anomalies in five British regions, 1991-99", Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal and Neonatal Edition, Vol 90, pp 375-379.
Richmond S and Atkins J, "A Population-Based Study of Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Malformations over 16 Years", BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol 112, pp 1-9.
Tanner K, Sabrine N and Wren C, "Cardiovascular Malformations in Preterm Infants", Paediatrics, Vol 116, pp 833-838.
2004
Boyd PA, Tondi F, Hicks NR and Chamberlain PF, "Autopsy after termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly: retrospective cohort study", British Medical Journal, Vol 328, pp 137-140.
Patel Y, Boyd PA, Chamberlain P and Lakhoo K, "Follow up of children with isolated fetal echogenic bowel with particular reference to bowel-related symptoms", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 24, pp 35-37.
2003
Bell R, Rankin J, Donaldson LJ, "Down's syndrome: occurrence and outcome in the north of England, 1985-99", Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, Vol 17 pp 33-39.
Dastgiri S, Gilmour W and Stone D, "Survival of Children Born with Congenital Anomalies", Archives of Disease in Childhood, Vol 88, pp 391-394.
Lowry R, Steen N, Rankin J, "Water fluoridation, stillbirths and congenital abnormalities", Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Vol 57 pp 499-500.
Morris JK, Wald NJ, Mutton DE, Alberman E, "Comparison of models of maternal age-specific risk for Down syndrome live births", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 23, pp 252-258.
Parker MJ, Budd JL, Draper ES, Young ID, "Trisomy 13 and trisomy 18 in a defined population: epidemiology, genetic and prenatal observations", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 23, pp 856-860.
2002
Morris JK, Mutton DE, Alberman E, "Revised estimates of the maternal age specific live birth prevalence of Down's syndrome, Journal of Medical Screening, Vol 9, pp 2-6.
2001
Boyd PA and Chamberlain PF, "Risk of Adverse Birth Outcomes Near Landfill Sites: Local registers Provide More Accurate Information", British Medical Journal, Vol 323, pp 1366.
Bullen PJ, Rankin JM, Robson SC, "Investigation of the epidemiology and prenatal diagnosis of holoprosencephaly in the North of England", American Journal of Obstetric and Gynecology, Vol 184, pp 1256-1262.
2000
Boyd PA, Crocker AJM, Jefferies M and Chamberlain PF, "Screening for Down's Syndrome", British Medical Journal, Vol 321, pp 762.
Dastgiri S, Stone D, Le-Ha C and Gilmour W, "Prevalence and Secular Trend of Congenital Anomalies in Glasgow, UK", Archives of Disease in Childhood, Vol 86, pp 257-263.
Howe DT, Gornall R, Wellesley D, Boyle T, Barber J, "Six year survey of screening for Down's syndrome by maternal age and mid-trimester ultrasound scans", British Medical Journal, Vol 320, pp 606-610.
Rankin J, Glinianaia S, Brown R, Renwick M, "The changing prevalence of neural tube defects: a population based study in the North of England, 1984-96", Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, Vol 14 pp 104-10.
White SM, Chamberlain PF, Hitchcock R, Sullivan PB and Boyd PB, "Megacystis-Microcolon-Intestinal Hypoperistalsis Syndrome; The Difficulties with Antenatal Diagnosis: Case Reports and review of the Literature", Prenatal Diagnosis, Vol 20, pp 697-700.