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Table 2 Listing of birth defects detected by timing of antiretroviral therapy exposure

From: Birth defects in a cohort of infants born to HIV-infected women in Spain, 2000-2009

Birth defects

Earliest antiretroviral exposure

First trimester (n = 329)

Second/third trimester (n = 488)

None (n = 80)

Central Nervous System

   

 Microcephaly

0

1

0

Face/neck/eyes/ears

   

 Morrie syndrome

0

1

0

 Microphthalmia

1

0

0

 Coloboma

0

0

1

 Syndromic facies

0

0

Cardiovascular and circulatory defects

   

 Atrial septal defect

5

4

0

 Ventricular septal defect

2

2

0

 Transposition of the great arteries

1

0

0

 Pulmonary valve stenosis

0

2*

0

 Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

1†

0

0

Respiratory

0

0

0

Digestive system

   

 Hepatic venous malformation

0

1

0

 Hepatic lymphangioma

0

1

0

 Alagille syndrome

0

2#

0

 Oesophageal atresia

1‡

0

0

 Diaphragmatic hernia

1

0

0

Genital organs

   

 Cryptorchidism

3

1

2

 Double urethra

0

1

0

 Vaginal polyp

1

0

0

Urinary system

   

 Hydronephrosis

2

5

0

 Hypospadias

0

3

0

 Renal duplication and ureterocele

0

1

0

Musculoskeletal

   

 Premature synostosis

1

1

0

 Clubfeet

0

1

0

 Phocomelia

0

1

0

 Congenital hip dislocation

3

0

0

 Congenital knee dislocation

0

1

0

Limbs

   

 Syndatyly

0

1

0

 Polydactyly

0

1

0

Miscellaneous defects

   

 Pierre Robin syndrome

0

1

0

 Fetal alcohol syndrome

0

0

2

 Trisomy 21

0

1

1

Total infants with defects

23

33

6

  1. *Includes one case with atrial septal defect.
  2. #Both patients also had tracheal stenosis.
  3. †This patient also had hydronephrosis.
  4. ‡This patient also had vertebral bodies abnormalities and left superior caval vein.
  5. §This patient also had blepharophimosis and developmental delay.