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Diabetic Nephropathy and Pregnancy

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The potential problems of diabetic nephropathy and pregnancy require the anticipation of preconception care. Every clinician who cares for adolescent and adult diabetic women has an obligation to recognise that these women may become pregnant, that most of the risks to mother and offspring are related to poor glycemic control, and that the risks may be reduced through special programs that achieve meticulous metabolic balance before conception and throughout pregnancy.

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Kitzmiller, J.L., Combs, C.A. (2000). Diabetic Nephropathy and Pregnancy. In: Mogensen, C.E. (eds) The Kidney and Hypertension in Diabetes Mellitus. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4499-9_38

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