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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Chorionic Villus Sampling Meeting

    The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following 
meeting.

    Name: Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) Meeting.
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, March 11, 1994.
    Place: CDC, Auditorium A, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333.
    Status: Open to public for observation and comment, limited only 
by space available.
    Purpose: CVS is an obstetrical diagnostic procedure done 
prenatally to detect genetic abnormalities. The safety of the 
procedure has been questioned since infants have been reported with 
birth defects (limb deficiency) after their mothers had undergone 
CVS. Studies have been published which both support and contradict 
the hypothesis that CVS has caused birth defects. CDC has recently 
completed a multistate study investigating the association between 
limb deficiency and CVS. CDC will convene this public meeting to 
discuss all recent studies of this issue and to receive advice from 
individual participants on establishing public health 
recommendations for CVS utilization.
    Matters to Be Discussed: An invited group of qualified 
individuals will be asked to provide comments on recent studies of 
limb deficiency after CVS. The risk for these birth defects will be 
discussed in the context of other risks, benefits, and alternatives 
of the procedure. A written commentary from CDC which provides 
recommendations for CVS utilization will also be discussed.
    Contact Person for More Information: J. David Erickson, D.D.S., 
Ph.D., Chief, Birth Defects and Genetic Diseases Branch, Division of 
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, NCEH, CDC, Mailstop F-
45, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 
404/488-7160.

    Dated: February 17, 1994.
Elvin Hilyer,
Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-4124 Filed 2-23-94; 8:45 am]
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