Abstract
Maternal diabetes adversely affects the fetus during pregnancy. The risk of developing congenital malformations has been well documented (Reece and Homko 2000; Correa et al. 2008). The frequency of congenital anomalies among insulin-dependent diabetic offspring is estimated at 3–6% of all infants at birth, representing a twofold to threefold increase, when compared with nondiabetics (Reece and Hobbins 1986).
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Chen, H. (2016). Diabetic Embryopathy. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6430-3_69-2
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