title: [Pre-existing diabetes and pregnancy].
abstract: The prevalence of pre-existing diabetes associated with pregnancy is 0.5 to 1%. A third are type 1 diabetes, two-thirds are type 2 diabetes, whose prevalence is increasing due to rising obesity. The improved prognosis of pregnancies in women with pre-existing diabetes relies on preconception programming (therefore an effective contraception), multidisciplinary collaboration and appropriate management of these pregnancies.
authors.affiliation: Maternité Port-Royal, hôpital cochin, AP-HP, université Paris-Descartes, 75014 Paris, France. j.lepercq@svp.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lepercq
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000628:therapy