[Maternal diabetes mellitus as a risk factor in the development of renal pathology in children].

Forty-four children of diabetic mothers aged 10.5 years on an average were examined. Ultrasonography and renography with 123I-hippuran label were used to assess these children's renal status. Various malformations (double kidneys, kidney agenesia, fused of floating kidneys) were detected in 10 patients, in 16 various functional renal disorders were revealed. The authors suppose that maternal juvenile diabetes mellitus, nephropathy, hydramnion, and poor metabolic control during a diabetic pregnancy result in abnormal development of fetal kidneys.