July 30, 2008 -- Women diagnosed with diabetes before their pregnancy have a higher risk of giving birth to a baby with a birth defect or multiple defects than a woman who does not have diabetes before giving birth, according to a new study.
"For single [birth] defects, the risk is three to four times greater, and about eightfold for multiple defects," says Adolfo Correa, MD, MPH, PhD, the study's lead author and an epidemiologist at the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.
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Very interesting article. Well when there is so much a new. Many thanks, for the information
I believe that genetic diseases may be divided into single-gene defects, multiple-gene disorders, or chromosomal defects.
It's important to say that modern approaches to diabetes primarily rely upon dietary and lifestyle management, often combined with regular ongoing blood glucose level monitoring.
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