There were carried out collection and analysis of clinicoepidemiological and medical-statistic data from 162 sources of primary documentation (childbirth history (096/o form) and the development of newborns (097/o form)) about children with congenital malformations, who were born in Lviv Regional Clinical Perinatal Center in 2007–2009, using «case — control» method, by filling-in registration forms. While comparing a range of reproductive anamnesis indices there was noticed a higher percentage

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... f dead children, stillbirths, anemia in pregnancy, gestosis in the first half of pregnancy, gestosis in the second half of pregnancy, abnormal labors in mothers who gave birth to a child with congenital malformations than in women of control group. According to ultrasound diagnosis congenital abnormalities in pregnancy were detected in 31.6 % of cases. There were diagnosed 4 cases of Arnold — Chiari syndrome (spina bifida and internal hydrocephalus); and 3 cases of each: hydrocephalus, gastroschisis, small intestinal atresia, and 2 cases of each: congenital malformations, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, Down's syndrome, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, omphalocele, congenital rectal atresia, and 1 case of each: spina bifida, congenital absence of forearm and hand, left ventricular rabdomioma, encephalocele.