1 Fellow in Teratology, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
2 Professor für Humangenetik, Institut für Humangenetik der, Universität Münster, 44 Münster, Germany
Skeletal anomalies of the lower extremities and lower spine have been observed in infants of diabetic mothers. Forty-three such cases have been collected from the literature. Maternal diabetes may play a role in the etiology of these malformations.
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