Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy.
Diabetes mellitus represents the most common medical complication of pregnancy. Care programs emphasizing normalization of maternal glucose levels have resulted in perinatal outcome that is nearly equivalent to that observed in normal pregnancies. Reducing the rate of significant congenital anomalies in insulin-dependent women remains a goal for the future.
Landon
M B
MB
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus.
Gabbe
S G
SG
D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy