Endocrinol Nutr. 2005;52(9):473-5 473 Several clinical studies1 have shown that control of maternal glycemia before conception reduces the frequency of congenital malformations, which remain the leading cause of mortality and severe morbidity in the infants of diabetic mothers2,3. Good metabolic control throughout pregnancy can also reduce the maternal and other fetal complications typical of p...

The urethral muscle of diabetic pregnant rats is affected by long-term mild diabetes and short-term severe diabetes, which plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of pelvic floor disorders. We hypothesized that muscles outside the pelvis are subject to similar changes. The current study aimed at analyzing the effects of long-term mild and short-term severe diabetes on the structure and ultrast...

This study was carried out with hyperglycemic pregnant women to investigate the transfer of antibody classes to newborns across the placenta or by colostrum and the functional activity of phagocytes in maternal blood, cord blood, and colostrum from diabetes mothers. Samples from maternal blood, cord blood, and colostrum were collected from 20 normoglycemic and 20 hyperglycemic pregnant women. W...

Endocrinol Nutr. 2005;52(9):473-5 473 Several clinical studies1 have shown that control of maternal glycemia before conception reduces the frequency of congenital malformations, which remain the leading cause of mortality and severe morbidity in the infants of diabetic mothers2,3. Good metabolic control throughout pregnancy can also reduce the maternal and other fetal complications typical of p...

OBJECTIVE THE AIM OF THE STUDY To evaluate the correlations between Zn2+, Cu2+, Mg2+, Se2+ and Cr3+ and alteration in T cell subsets during diabetic and normal pregnancy. METHODS The study involved 63 women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GD) and 16 pregnant women with Type 2 diabetes and 48 healthy, non-pregnant women were included as controls. Ten ml of whole venous blood from each p...

Endocrinol Nutr. 2005;52(9):473-5 473 Several clinical studies1 have shown that control of maternal glycemia before conception reduces the frequency of congenital malformations, which remain the leading cause of mortality and severe morbidity in the infants of diabetic mothers2,3. Good metabolic control throughout pregnancy can also reduce the maternal and other fetal complications typical of p...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the associations of glycemic control and gestational age with ghrelin and proinsulin levels in cord blood and mothers' peripheral blood during pregnancy. METHODS This is a cross-sectional comparative study of twenty-four pregnant women with gestational diabetes (GD), 18 with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and 36 without diabetes, as well as their neonates. Levels of pr...

Background: Diabetes is the most common medical complication of pregnancy. Low serum zinc levels in pregnant women can cause uterine growth restriction and increase risk abortion neural tube defects. Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate association with gestational diabetes (GDM) diabetic healthy referred Bu-Ali Hospital Zahedan. Methods: case-control performed on 70 women, including...

The main objective of this study was to compare the demographic characteristics and histological changes in amniotic membrane (AM) gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), pregestational (PGDM), non-diabetic women. A total thirty AM samples (n = 10 for each group) were obtained from full-term pregnant women without any complications. These processed paraffin blocks, sectioned, stained with H&E....

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Pregnancies complicated by diabetes are associated with increased numbers of maternal and neonatal complications. Hospital costs increase according to the type of care provided. This study aimed to estimate the cost-benefit relationship and social profitability ratio of hospitalization, compared with outpatient care, for pregnant women with diabetes or mild hyperglycemia. ...