Is endothelial function preserved in pregnant women with well-controlled type 1 diabetes?
This study provides evidence that pregnant women with well-controlled pre-existing type 1 diabetes mellitus have both normal endothelial and smooth muscle function. Endothelium-dependent hyperpolarisation appears to play a large role in vascular relaxation in human subcutaneous resistance arteries. This study suggests that the problems associated with diabetic pregnancies are unlikely to be due to vascular dysfunction.
Hepatitis G/GBV-C as a single cause of chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis is uncommon, and in all patients with parenteral risk factors hepatitis C was detected.