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Article: Pre-pregnancy diabetes tied to more birth defects
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- July 30, 2008
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Diabetic women who get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with birth defects than other women, according to new government research.
The study is the largest of its kind, and provides the most detailed information to date on types of birth defects that befall the infants of diabetic mothers, including heart defects, missing kidneys and spine deformities.
The study lists nearly 40 types of birth defects found to be significantly more common in the infants of diabetic mothers than in those who weren't diabetic or who were diagnosed with diabetes after they became pregnant.
The study's list of diabetes-associated birth defects is surprising _ ...