TY - JOUR
T1 - EUROCAT: an update on its functions and activities
AU - Tucker, David
AU - Morris, Joan
AU - Neville, Amanda
AU - Garne, Ester
AU - Agnieszka, Kinsner-Ovaskainen
AU - Monica, Lanzoni
AU - Loane, Maria
AU - Martin, Simona
AU - Nicholl, Ciaran
AU - Rankin, Judith
AU - Rissmann, Anke
PY - 2018/5/7
Y1 - 2018/5/7
N2 - This paper provides an outline of the development and growth of EUROCAT, the European network of congenital anomaly registers. In recent years the network has been through a period of transition and change. The Central Register of data has transferred from the Ulster University to the EU Joint-Research-Centre, Ispra, Italy.The benefits of combining data from across Europe, from different populations and countries are described by the uses to which these data can be put. These uses include:. surveillance of anomalies at a local, regional or pan-European level. pharmacovigilance. registration of rare diseasesNew studies and projects are underway, including EUROlinkCAT (a Horizon 2020 funded data-linkage project), promising a fruitful future in further research of congenital anomalies.
AB - This paper provides an outline of the development and growth of EUROCAT, the European network of congenital anomaly registers. In recent years the network has been through a period of transition and change. The Central Register of data has transferred from the Ulster University to the EU Joint-Research-Centre, Ispra, Italy.The benefits of combining data from across Europe, from different populations and countries are described by the uses to which these data can be put. These uses include:. surveillance of anomalies at a local, regional or pan-European level. pharmacovigilance. registration of rare diseasesNew studies and projects are underway, including EUROlinkCAT (a Horizon 2020 funded data-linkage project), promising a fruitful future in further research of congenital anomalies.
U2 - 10.1007/s12687-018-0367-3
DO - 10.1007/s12687-018-0367-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 29736796
SN - 1868-6001
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Journal of Community Genetics
JF - Journal of Community Genetics
ER -
