Effect of Pregnancy On Renal Function in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Diabetic Renal Insufficiency

Lisa P Purdy, Christina E Hantsch, Mark E. Molitch, Boyd E. Metzger, Richard Phelps, Sharon L. Dooley, Susan Hou

Diabetes Care · 1996 · 137 citations · 0 references

Abstract

In this series, patients with diabetic nephropathy and moderate-to-severe renal insufficiency were found to have a > 40% chance of accelerated progression of their disease as a result of pregnancy.