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Perspectives in Pediatric Cardiology. Vol 5: Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors of Major Cardiovascular Malformations. Edited by C. Ferencz, C. A. Loffredo, A. Correa‐Villaseñor and P. D. Wilson. Armonk, NY: Futura Publishing Company. 1997. Pp. 463. $95.00.

Perspectives in Pediatric Cardiology. Vol 5: Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors of Major... Ann. Hum. Genet. (1998), 62, 93±95 93 Printed in Great Britain Reviews Perspectives in Pediatric Cardiology. Vol 5 : between these two statistical extremes. The Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors of researchers record the important observation Major Cardiovascular Malformations. Edited that these ®ndings related only to overt diabetes by C. Ferencz,C. A.Loffredo,A.Correa- and were not replicated among offspring of Villasen4 or and P. D. Wilson. Armonk, mothers with gestational diabetes. Given the NY : Futura Publishing Company. 1997. Pp. known spectrum of diabetic embryopathy, which 463. $95.00. the authors discuss, it is a little disappointing to ®nd that it is difficult to access the actual data Between 1981 and 1989, researchers undertook relating to coexisting malformations in the the Baltimore-Washington Infant Study, a popu- infants of diabetic mothers seen during the study. lation based aetiological study of congenital Presumably, this re¯ects the authors' primary heart disease and this handsome volume rep- epidemiological standpoint in addressing this resents the sum of their work. Diagnostic details study and in considering the data. on cardiac and noncardiac malformations in This volume represents an organizational tri- affected cases are presented in addition to umph in conducting the study and in collating sociodemographic data, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Human Genetics Wiley

Perspectives in Pediatric Cardiology. Vol 5: Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors of Major Cardiovascular Malformations. Edited by C. Ferencz, C. A. Loffredo, A. Correa‐Villaseñor and P. D. Wilson. Armonk, NY: Futura Publishing Company. 1997. Pp. 463. $95.00.

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1469-1809
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10.1046/j.1469-1809.1998.62100931.x
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Ann. Hum. Genet. (1998), 62, 93±95 93 Printed in Great Britain Reviews Perspectives in Pediatric Cardiology. Vol 5 : between these two statistical extremes. The Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors of researchers record the important observation Major Cardiovascular Malformations. Edited that these ®ndings related only to overt diabetes by C. Ferencz,C. A.Loffredo,A.Correa- and were not replicated among offspring of Villasen4 or and P. D. Wilson. Armonk, mothers with gestational diabetes. Given the NY : Futura Publishing Company. 1997. Pp. known spectrum of diabetic embryopathy, which 463. $95.00. the authors discuss, it is a little disappointing to ®nd that it is difficult to access the actual data Between 1981 and 1989, researchers undertook relating to coexisting malformations in the the Baltimore-Washington Infant Study, a popu- infants of diabetic mothers seen during the study. lation based aetiological study of congenital Presumably, this re¯ects the authors' primary heart disease and this handsome volume rep- epidemiological standpoint in addressing this resents the sum of their work. Diagnostic details study and in considering the data. on cardiac and noncardiac malformations in This volume represents an organizational tri- affected cases are presented in addition to umph in conducting the study and in collating sociodemographic data,

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