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Maternal Fuels, Diabetic Embryopathy: Pathomechanisms and Prevention
1 Jun 1999
Abstract excerpt
Congenital malformations remain the major cause of morbidity and mortality among the offspring of women with diabetes. Animal and human studies indicate that these anomalies occur very early in pregnancy and result from derangements of the maternal metabolic fuels which support embryogenesis. The mechanism for induction of dysmorphogenesis in experimental diabetic pregnancy has been shown to include deficiency...
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