From: Repercussions of mild diabetes on pregnancy in Wistar rats and on the fetal development
Skeletal Anomaly (%) | ND (n = 81 fetuses) | STZ (n= 41 fetuses) |
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Number of fetal skeletal anomalies/dams | 10/15 | 17/11 |
Abnormally shaped sternebrae | 2/81 (2.47) | 9/41 (21.95) |
Absent sternebrae | 0/81 (0.00) | 1/41 (2.43) |
Incomplete ossification of sternebrae | 0/81 (0.00) | 3/41 (7.32) |
Bipartite cervical nuclei | 3/81 (3.70) | 0/41 (0.00) |
Incomplete ossification of cervical nuclei | 5/81 (6.17) | 0/41 (0.00) |
Non-ossified sacral vertebrae | 0/81 (0.00) | 1/41 (2.43) |
Non-ossified caudal vertebrae | 0/81 (0.00) | 3/41 (7.32) |