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The effects of maternal diseases on neonates have been analysed. Maternal anaemia leads to an increased incidence of low bith weight and preterm babies. The morbidity rate was high in these newborns with an increased incidence of hypoglycamia and scleraema. The perinatal loss was quite high. Hypertensive mothers as well as mothers suffering from chronic urinary tract infection or tuberculosis or cardiac disease also gave rise to low birth weight and preterm babies in greater proportion as compared to the normal. There was an increased morbidity and high perinatal loss in these groups. An increased awareness of the effects of maternal disease states on foetal growth and development will improve both the ability to make prenatal diagnosis of diseases and to plant for improved antenatal care and appropriant care of those newborns who are at hight risk, which in turn will definitely improve the outcome of the progeny and reduce perinatal loss.
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Sharma, U., Idnani, N. & Saxena, S. Effects of maternal medical diseases on the newborn. Indian J Pediatr 45, 154–167 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02758226
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