http://www.OJRD.com/content/2/1/33/comments The latest comments on the article 'Anorectal malformations' 2007-10-23T00:00:00Z This is an RSS newsfeed from BioMed Central It is intended to be used with an RSS reader. For more information about RSS newsfeeds from BioMed Central, visit http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/rss/ http://www.OJRD.com/content/2/1/33/comments#285646 <p>The authors quote a prevalence of 1/5000 live births.This figure is an old one which has been quoted in surgical texts for many years and is likely a hospital based estimate rather than a total population estimate.There are three population studies,two in Canada and a very large one in Europe which have demonstrated rates in the region of twice that quoted ie 1/2200 to 1/2500.</p><p>Refs;Am J Med Genet 1986;(Suppl 2): 151-161</p><p>ibid 2001;103:207-215</p><p>ibid 2002;110:122-130</p><p>J Ped Surg 2007;42:1417-1421</p><p> </p> Robert Brian Lowry 2007-10-23T00:00:00Z