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Advances in management of Type 1 diabetes and pregnancy
1Royal Maternity Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. david.hadden@royalhospitals.n-i.nhs.uk
Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology
|February 16, 2000
Abstract:
Obstetricians will need to update themselves on the recent changes in terminology and in diagnostic criteria for Type 1 diabetes mellitus. This still remains a high-risk obstetric situation, in spite of optimistic reports from centres of excellence. Pregnancy-associated hypertension may be closely related to insulin resistance. A number of concepts and hypotheses are based on the central role of insulin in fetal development.