Diabetes and Pregnancy

Inspired by "Diabetes e Gravidez", by Dr Anna Maria Bertini-Oliveira, and her colleagues Professor Camano and Professor Delascio, of the Escola Paulista de Medicina in Sao Paulo, this book looks at the subject set against a European background. Knowledge of the aetiology of diabetes mellitus and gestational diabetes have increased a great deal in the last ten years. Human insulins have been introduced in pharmaceutical preparations which require understanding of their properties. New delivery systems and considerable advances in preconception appraisal and monitoring during pregnancy have been developed. All these subjects are covered in this book, which should prove to be of considerable interest to medical students, consultants, and gynaecological endocrinologists.