Erschienen in:
01.04.2014 | Research Letter
Maternal diabetes affects rat placental morphology and pregnancy
verfasst von:
Priscilla S. Farias, Karine dos S. Souza, Emerson T. Fioretto, Márcio R. V. dos Santos, Marlúcia B. Aires
Erschienen in:
Endocrine
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Ausgabe 3/2014
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Excerpt
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a worldwide public health problem and is increasing because of the high prevalence of obesity and sedentarism. Diabetes during pregnancy may be divided into clinical diabetes (in cases previously diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes) and gestational diabetes (GD) [
1]. In the Brazilian health public system, 7.6 % of pregnant women older than 20 years are diabetic [
2]. Results from human and rodent diabetic experimental models have suggested that the placenta is a compromised target, which largely suffers the impact of maternal diabetes. This causes problems in maternal and fetal exchange, which increases abnormal fetal development and perinatal morbidity rates. …