Congenital anomalies — why bother?

• 1 Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.
• 2 Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
• 3 The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW.
• 4 Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Sydney, NSW.

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