Successful pregnancy outcome in association with lipoatrophic diabetes mellitus.
Lipoatrophic diabetes mellitus is a rare syndrome characterized by lipoatrophy and insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus. Partial lipodystrophy without clinical diabetes mellitus has been associated with intrauterine growth retardation and fetal death. We report successful pregnancy outcomes in two women with lipoatrophic diabetes mellitus.
Catalano
P M
PM
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington.
Capeless
E L
EL
Simmons
G M
GM
Robbins
D C
DC
Horton
E S
ES
D000328:Adult; D003923:Diabetes Mellitus, Lipoatrophic / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000628:therapy