A history of diabetes in pregnancy the impact of maternal diabetes on offspring prenatal development and survival
Type 1 diabetes is a serious and common disease, afflicting one per 200 of the population worldwide. It is widely believed to cause harmful physical maldevelopment--congenital malformations--and other consequences in the unborn children of women with the disease. This book considers the history of t...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; New York
Springer
2012
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Add Tag | Summary: | Type 1 diabetes is a serious and common disease, afflicting one per 200 of the population worldwide. It is widely believed to cause harmful physical maldevelopment--congenital malformations--and other consequences in the unborn children of women with the disease. This book considers the history of the disease in pregnant women and this belief that it causes anomalies since the time of the discovery of insulin in 1921, and presents a profound and critical appraisal of the subject of its supposed prenatal harmfulness |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 272 pages illustration, digital. 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-268) and index |
| ISBN: | 9789400715561 9400715560 |
Of diabetic mothers and their babies an examination of the impact of maternal diabetes on offspring prenatal development and survival