Maternal diabetes mellitus and congenital malformation. Survey of 205 cases.
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- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 51 (12) , 935-938
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.51.12.935
Abstract
Twenty-five out of 205 (i.e. 12%) babies born to diabetic mothers in the Birmingham Maternity Hospital in the period 1969-1974 were malformed as against 6% in a control group. The incidence was highest in the group where mothers were on insulin at the time of conception (17 out of 117, i.e. 15%). No correlation was observed between major malformation in this group and age of onset or duration of the diabetes, progressive vascular complications, maternal age, or parity. Cardiovascular malformations were over-represented.Keywords
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