diabetic embryopathy

diabetic embryopathy

A complex of congenital anomalies that affect ± 10% of children born to diabetic mothers, which develops in the 5th-8th wk of gestation Clinical Sacral agenesis, holoprosencephaly, atrioventricular septal defects, tetralogy of Fallot, other cardiac, genitourinary, and GI defects. See Honeybee syndrome.