Importance of Maternal Diabetes on the Chronological Deregulation of the Intrauterine Development: An Experimental Study in Rat

Figure 2

The body and facial morphology of control rat ((a), (a1), and (a2)) and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat ((b), (b1), and (b2)) fetuses after 21 days of gestation. Note the difference in size of the fetus from the diabetic mother compared with the control and the marked immaturity of the maxillofacial structures. AA = auricular appendage, E = eyelids, AP = auricular pavilion, No = nostrils, N = nose, and P = philtrum.