Three infants of diabetic mothers with malformations of left-right asymmetry - Further evidence for the aetiological role of diabetes in this malformation spectrum

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-247

  Slavotinek, A ^a   Hellen, E ^b   Gould, S ^a   Coghill, S B ^b   Huson, S M ^a   Hurst, J A ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; left right asymmetry; polyasplenia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITUS INVERSUS; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 0029792270     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-199607000-00008     Document Type: Article

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