Re: Diabetes teratogenicity in mice is accompanied with distorted expression of TGF‐β2 in the uterus. Fein et al. 2001;22:59–71.

To the Editor: In my latter days (I'm being falsely modest of course), I am resorting to writing persnickety reviews and not surprisingly being ignored, misquoted or misunderstood. I think the last is worst. An example of which occurs in the article by Fein et al., [1] in Teratogenesis, Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis. This arcane missive gets it wrong from the first sentence of the abstract, where the assertion is made that early embryonic death and malformations are among "the complications" of diabetic pregnancy. Whether inadvertantly or otherwise it is unstated whether this asservation refers to humans or to other animals.