Prenatal diagnosis and prevention of diabetic embryopathy.
This article emphasizes the need for early biochemical and sonographic evaluation of pregnancies complicated by diabetes mellitus. Methods available for the prenatal diagnosis and prevention of diabetes-associated malformations are described.
Reece
E A
EA
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.
Homko
C J
CJ
Hagay
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D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000097:blood; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins