1.   Children were considered ineligible to be controls if they were a twin, were adopted, or had a serious congenital defect.

2.   Similarly the control of rubella is complex and important, because rubella in pregnancy is a cause of congenital defects.

3.   Artificial external ear, skin fashioned over plastic mold, to repair congenital defect or accident damage.

4.   Any multiple birth dramatically increases the incidence of life-threatening and costly prematurity, low birth weight and congenital defects that may not be treatable.

5.   Cat droppings can contain toxoplasmosis, a protozoa that can lead to congenital defects in children and cause disease in immunosuppressed people.

6.   Fisher is deaf in his right ear -- a congenital defect.

7.   He said the baby was born at full term, without any congenital defects or deformities.

8.   Her niece, Karina Molchasian, already has had two unsuccessful operations in Ukraine to repair a hole in her heart, a congenital defect.

9.   Likewise, undercooked meat, popular in many Western countries where NVP frequencies are high, can carry a parasite called toxoplasma that causes serious congenital defects.

10.   Most obstetricians today recommend prenatal screening for a wide range of congenital defects.