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Hyperglycemia-induced embryonic dysmorphogenesis correlates with genomic DNA mutation frequency in vitro and in vivo.
Diabetes - 1 Feb 1999
Lee A T, Reis D, Eriksson U J
Abstract excerpt
Congenital malformations affecting multiple organ systems are at least three times more common in infants of mothers with IDDM than in infants born to nondiabetic mothers. Numerous studies have confirmed the teratogenic effect of hyperglycemia on the developing embryo, although no direct mechanism has been determined. In this study, we aimed to correlate the frequency of lacI mutations with degree of...
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