Oculoauriculovertebral abnormalities in children of diabetic mothers

• Published in: American journal of medical genetics Vol. 90; no. 4; p. 303
• Main Authors: Ewart-Toland, A, Yankowitz, J, Winder, A, Imagire, R, Cox, V A, Aylsworth, A S, Golabi, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 14.02.2000
• Subjects: Abnormalities, Multiple - etiology; Adult; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Ear - abnormalities; Eye Abnormalities - complications; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Male; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Diabetics - complications; Spine - abnormalities

Maternal diabetes is known to have teratogenic effects. Malformations including neural tube defects, caudal dysgenesis, vertebral defects, congenital heart defects, femoral hypoplasia, and renal anomalies are described in infants of diabetic mothers. However, craniofacial anomalies have rarely been...