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Thursday, September 21, 2000
20:30  
  Get- Together Reception
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2000
08:45-09:00 Opening Ceremony
Chairpersons: U. Hanson, Sweden
M. Hod, Israel
08:45 Opening Ceremony
09:00-10:30 SESSION 1: THE DEVELOPING PANCREAS
Chairperson: U.J. Eriksson, Sweden
09:00 Keynote Lecture:
EFFECT OF MATERNAL NUTRITION AND METABOLISM ON THEDEVELOPING ENDOCRINE PANCREAS - EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL FINDINGS
B. Reusens, Belgium
09:30 ALTERED PANCREATIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEONATAL NOD MOUSE PRECEDES AUTOIMMUNE DIABETES
D.J. Hill, Canada
09:45 IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL DETECTION OF SEX STEROID HORMONE RECEPTORS IN HUMAN FETAL PANCREAS
S. Grasso, M. Piana, F. Nicoletti, G. Magro, Italy
10:00 NEONATAL STIMULATION OF BETA-CELLS INCREASES THE TOTAL BETA-CELL VOLUME IN RATS
T. Bock, K. Svenstrup, M. Skau, K. Buschard, Denmark
10:15 VARIATIONS IN THE DIBETOGENIC RESPONSIVENESS TO STREPTOZOTOCIN IN THE PREGNANT RAT
E. Herrera, I. Lopez-Soldado, M. Munilla, Spain
10:30 C o f f e e B r e a k & P o s t e r s
11:15-13:15 SESSION 2: THE OFFSPRING OF DIABETIC MOTHER
Chairperson: B. Persson, Sweden
11:15 Keynote Lecture:
LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS OF THE INFANTS OF DIABETIC MOTHERS
D. Pettitt, USA
11:45 ISLET TRANSPLANTATION IN DIABETIC RATS: MID-PREGNANCY DOES NOT NORMALIZE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON INSULIN SENSITIVITY IN ADULT OFFSPRING OF SEVERELY DIABETIC PREGNANT RATS
K. Holemans, L. Aerts, F.A. Van Assche, Belgium
12:00 COGNITIVE AND NEUROFUNCTIONAL ASPECTS IN THE OFFSPRING OF DIABETIC MOTHER
A. Napoli, M. Matricardi, A. Colatrella, A. Domenica, M. Brinciotti, F. Fallucca, Italy
12:15 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MATERNAL GESTATIONAL DIABETES AND HEALTH PROBLEMS OF THEIR CHILDREN
A. Aberg, L. Westbom, Sweden
12:30 A SUCROSE-RICH DIET DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION AFFECTS MATERNAL METABOLISM AND DECREASES POSTNATAL BODY WEIGHT IN NEWBORNS
M.A. Munilla, E. Herrera, Spain
12:45 ANTHROPOMETRIC EVALUATION OF OFFSPRING OF MOTHER WITH GDM LATER IN CHILDHOOD
N. Dozio, A. Poloniato, G. Calori, L. Barbieri, S. Sioli, M.T. Castiglioni, Italy
13:00 INFLUENCE OF EARLY BREAST FEEDING ON OVERWEIGHT RISK IN INFANTS OF MOTHERS WITH DIABETES DURING PREGNANCY
T. Harder, K. Franke, A. Plagemann, Germany
13:15 L u n c h B r e a k & P o s t e r s
14:30-16:45 SESSION 3: NATION-WIDE REGISTRATION/ORGANISATION OF CARE OF DIABETIC PREGNANCIES-ARE THE AIMS ACHIEVED?
Chairperson: U. Hanson, Sweden
14:30 DIABETES IN PREGNANCY - PERINATAL AGGREGATED DATE (DPAD)
European Pilot Project
M. Hod, D. Pfeiffer, Israel
14:45 AN ITALIAN SURVEY OF DIABETES IN PREGNANCY
A. Lapolla, M.G. Dalfra, S. Maggi, N. Minicuci, M. Bonomo, M.R. Botta, G. Di Cianni, R. Fresa, A. Napoli, D. Mannino, G. Mello, G. Stefanelli, Italy
14:55 MATERNAL MORTALITY IN 972 WOMEN WITH IDDM BETWEEN 1975 AND 1997
K. Teramo, V. Hiilesmaa, P. Leinonen, Finland
15:05 REORGANIZED OBSERVATION SYSTEM OF DIABETIC PREGNANCIES IN ESTONIA
U. Jakovlev, A. Kirss, R. Raukas, V. Astover, F. Szirko, Estonia
15:15 TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS AND PREGNANCY IN THE NETHERLANDS 1999-2000 A NATION-WIDE PROSPECTIVE STUDY
I.M. Evers, N.W. de Valk, G.N.A. Visser, The Netherlands
15:25 PREGNANCY OUTCOMES IN DIABETIC WOMEN. GEORGIAN-ISRAEL TWINNING PROGRAM
N. Asatiani, R. Kurashvili, M. Dundua, M. Natsvlishvili, T. Chanturia, L. Nikoleishvili, E. Shelestova, M. Hod, Georgia
15:35 QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED TO GESTATIONAL DIABETIC WOMEN: A MINIMAL DATA-SET FOR DIABETES AND PREGNANCY, DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE AND ITS NATIONWIDE IMPLEMENTATION
Z. Kerenyi, A.G. Tabak, E. Madarasz, E. Nagy, I. Foldesi, T. Hidvegi, M.G. Csakany, E. Baranyi, G. Tamas, Hungary
15:45 CAN INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT WITH A TEAM APPROACH PREVENT COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETIC PREGNANCIES WITH DELAYED REFERRAL?
Z. Osar, R. Madazli, T. Damci, V. Yumuk, C. Sen, M. Ozyazar, H. Ilkova, Turkey
15:55 PREGNANCY IN THE UKPDS
D.R. Hadden, D.R. McCance, UK
16:05 PREGNANCY OUTCOME WITH TYPE I DIABETES IN SEVEN TERTIARY CENTRES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
M. Maresh, UK
16:15 General Discussion
16:45 C o f f e e B r e a k & P o s t e r S e s s I o n
17:15-20:00  
17:15 DPSG Business Meeting by the beach of Lake Galillee
20:00 D i n n e r
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2000
08:30-09:15 THE JORGEN PEDERSEN ANNUAL LECTURE
Chairperson: L. Aerts, Belgium
08:30 HYPERGLYCEMIA IN PREGNANCY: FROM THE SEMINAL PEDERSEN OBSERVATIONS TO THE PRESENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE DETRIMENTAL MECHANISMS
E. Shafrir, Israel
09:15-10:30 Poster Session: OUTCOME OF DIABETIC PREGNANCY
Chairpersons: P. Damm, Denmark
C. Kuhl, USA
  PREDICTION OF PREGNANCY OUTCOME IN SUBGROUPS OF WOMEN WITH RENAL DISEASE
J. Bar, Y. Peled, Y. Pardo, R. Chen, B. Shindel, Z. Ben-Rafael, M. Hod, Israel
  MORBIDITY IN PREGNANCIES COMPLICATED BY DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
P. Gron, J. Lauszus, J.G. Klebe, Denmark
  GLYCEMIC CONTROL AND THE RISK OF PREECLAMPSIA IN WOMEN WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS
V. Hiilesmaa, L. Suhonen, K. Teramo, Finland
  THE WHY BEHIND THE GDM PREGNANCY OUTCOMES?
M. Ivanisevic, D. Pfeifer, J. Djelmis, D. Mayer, Croatia
  SHORT STATURE IN LATIN WOMEN WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS (GDM) IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER GLUCOSE
L. Jovanovic, USA
  RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF PREPRANDIAL AND POSTPRANDIAL MONITORING IN TYPE 1 DIABETIC PREGNANCY
J.S. Manderson, D.R. Hadden, A. Traub, D.R. McCance, UK
  PREGNANCY OUTCOME IN TYPE 1 DIABETIC WOMEN WITH MICROALBUMINURIA OR DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
E.R. Mathiesen, P. Ekbom, B. Feldt-Rasmussen, U. Feldt-Rasmussen, J. Molvig, P. Damm, Denmark
  DIABETIC RETINOPATHY AS ONE OF THE CLINICAL PROBLEMS OF TYPE 2 PREGNANT DIABETICS
Y. Omori, Japan
  VITAMIN B12 METABOLISM AND DIABETIC PREGNANCY (GDM and PGDM)
J. Pardo, Y. Peled, R. Chen, J. Bar, B. Schindel, Z. Ben Rafael, M. Hod, Israel
  A COMPARISON OF OBSTETRIC OUTCOME BETWEEN SINGLETON ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY (ART)-DERIVED PREGNANCIES AND SPONTANEOUSLY CONCEIVED ONES
T. Perri, I. Bar-Hava, R. Chen, J. Bar, Y. Peled, Z. Ben-Rafael, L. Gindes, R. Yoeli, M. Hod, Israel
  ARE HbA1c AND FRUCTOSAMINE USEFUL MEASURES OF GLYCAEMIA IN LATE PREGNANCY IN TYPE I DIABETES
R.C. Temple, V.J. Aldridge, UK
  INSULIN PUMP IN PREGNANCY
M. Zloczower, J. Cohen, I. Zaidise, Y. Kanter, Israel
  C o f f e e B r e a k & P o s t e r s
11:00-11:45 Poster Session: THE OFFSPRING-SHORT TERM COMPLICATIONS
Chairpersons: M. Hod, Israel
A. De Leiva, Spain
  BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY AND OBSTETRICAL RISK FACTORS
R. Chen, J. Bar, M. Hod, Y. Peled, J. Pardo, T. Perri, Z. Ben-Rafael, A. Neri, Israel
  SIGNIFICANCE OF DISPROPORTIONATE MACROSOMIA IN GESTATIONAL DIABETIC PREGNANCIES
J. Djelmis, D. Pfeifer, M. Ivanisevic, D. Mayer, Yugoslavia
  THE 75-GRAM GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST IN PREGNANCY: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GLUCOSE LEVELS AND ABNORMAL ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FULL-TERM INFANTS BORN TO WOMEN WITH NORMAL GLUCOSE METABOLISM
G. Melio, E. Parretti, F. Mecacci, R. Cioni, R. Lucchetti, I. Carignani, E. Martini, D. Cianciuli, C. Lagazio, M. Pratesi, Italy
  METABOLIC EFFECTS ON INFANTS BORN TO MOTHERS WITH G-IGT. A PILOT STUDY
C. Savona-Ventura, Malta
  ANTENATAL OBESITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH RAISED UMBILICAL CORD INSULIN CONCENTRATIONS IN NORMAL POLYNESIANS
D. Simmons, Australia
  NEWBORN OF DIABETIC MOTHER (NDM) - LAST DECADE IN THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN POLAND
M. Szymankiewicz, E. Sobczak, J. Uchman, J. Gadzinowski, G.H. Breborowicz, Poland
11:45-13:00 INFLUENCE OF MATERNAL DIABETES ON THE OFFSPRING
Chairperson: L. Jovanovic, USA
11:45 PERINATAL COMPLICATIONS IN LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE (LGA) INFANTS COMPARED TO NON-LGA-INFANTS OF TYPE-1-DIABETIC MOTHERS
P. Djerf, U. Hanson, Sweden
12:00 MATERNAL AND FETAL MARKERS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS AND MORPHOLOGICAL OUTCOME IN THE OFFSPRING OF DIABETES RATS
J. Cederberg, S. Basu, U.J. Eriksson, Sweden
12:15 A FOCUSED PRECONCEPTIONAL AND EARLY PREGNANCY PROGRAM IN WOMEN WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES REDUCES PERINATAL MORTALITY AND MALFORMATION RATES TO GENERAL POPULATION LEVELS
M. Miodovnik, USA
12:30 ULTRASOUND SCREENING FOR FETAL ANOMALIES IN IDDM PREGNANCIES
R. Bardin, J. Shalev, M. Hod, R. Mashiach, J. Bar, Z. Ben-Rafael, I. Meizner, Israel
12:45 EVIDENCE FOR A REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS) - RELATED EMBRYO/FETAL DYSMORPHOGENESIS IN DIABETIC PREGNANCY AND THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE UNDERSTANDING AND BLOCKING OF THE TERATOGENIC PROCESS OF DIABETIC PREGNANCY
U.J. Eriksson, Sweden
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2000
09:00-09:30 Keynote Lecture:
Chairperson: B. Metzger, USA
09:00 TREATMENT OF FORMER GDM WOMEN
T. Buchanan, USA
09:30-10:00 Poster Session - Part A: BASIC SCIENCE
Chairpersons: S.H. Hauguel-De Mouzon, France
R. De Hertogh, Belgium
  DISTINCT EFFECTS OF HYPERGLYCEMIA IN VITRO ON PROLIFERATION AND MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVITY OF PLACENTAL TROPHOBLASTS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF FIRST TRIMESTER HUMAN PREGNANCY
U. Weiss, M. Cervar, J. Haas, O. Reich, H. Scholz, G. Desoye, Austria
  INSULIN ACTIVATES MOLECULAR PATHWAYS INVOLVED IN THE STIMULATION OF PLACENTAL GROWTH
P. Boileau, M. Cauzac, M. Pereira, J. Girard, S. Hauguel-de Mouzon, France
  EFFECT OF HIGH GLUCOSE ON DIFFERENTIATION OF TROPHOBLAST CELLS
L. Hinck, S. Pampfer, R. De Hertogh, Belgium
  SERUM LEPTIN IN PREGNANT IDDM WOMEN ASSOCIATED WITH GLYCAEMIA, DIURNAL BLOOD PRESSURE, AND BODY WEIGHT
F. Lauszus, H. Vestergaard, J.G. Klebe, O.B. Pedersen, Denmark
  DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION OF FETAL AND PLACENTAL LEPTIN PRODUCTION IN TYPE 1 DIABETIC PREGNANCY
J. Leperco, M. Guerre-Millo, J. Timsit, S. Hauguel-de Mouzon, France
  LEPTIN CONCENTRATIONS IN MATERNAL SERUM AND CORD BLOOD: RELATIONSHIP TO MATERNAL AND FETAL ANTHROPOMETRY IN DIABETIC AND NON DIABETIC PREGNANCY
J.G. Manderson, A.I. Traub, D.R. Hadden, H. Leslie, D.R. McCance, UK
10:00-10:30 Poster Session - Part B: INSULIN RESISTENCE
Chairpersons: D. Pettit, USA
T. Buchanan, USA
  ASSESSMENT OF INSULIN SENSITIVITY AND |BT-CELL FUNCTION FROM INSULIN AND GLUCOSE MEASUREMENTS IN THE FASTING STATE AND DURING AN ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST
M. Albareda, R. Corcoy, J. Rodriguez-Espinosa, M. Morugo, A. de Leiva, Spain
  INSULIN SECRETION IS THE MAIN ABNORMALITY IN GLUCOSE REGULATION OF WOMEN WITH FORMER GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS
R. Corcoy, M. Albareda, A. Garcia-Patterson, E. Martin, J. Ubeda, J.R. Espinosa, J.M. Adelantado, A. de Leiva, Spain
  COMPONENTS OF THE SYNDROME X OF CARDIO-VASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN WOMEN WITH PREVIOUS GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS: A PILOT STUDY
H.W. De Valk, S.C.M. van Corstanje, I.M. Evers, D.W. Erkelens, G.H.A. Visser, The Netherlands
  GLUCOSE TOLERANCE AFTER PREGNANCY WITH GDM IN 120 WOMEN
N. Dozio, G. Calori, T. Rasera, A. Beretta, M. Castiglioni, S. Sioli, V. Becciu, Italy
  MATERNAL REPERCUSSIONS OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS: A THREE YEAR LONGITUDINAL FOLLOW-UP
L. Ruas, M. Carvalheiro, A. Fagulha, S. Paiva, E. Marta, E. Sobral, A. Coelho, M.C. Almeida, I. Fagulha, M.M.A. Ruas, Portugal
10:30 C o f f e e B r e a k
11:00-12:45 SESSION 5 : GDM SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Chairperson: L. Molsted-Pederson, Denmark
11:00 TREATMENT OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES: IMPACT OF PREGNANCY OUTCOME
L. Molsted-Pedersen, P. Damm, J. Svare, Denmark
11:15 MATERNAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE AND RISK FOR MATERNAL AND FETAL MORBIDITY: IMPACT OF BORDERLINE GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE AND GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS (GDM)
D. Moller-Jensen, P. Damm, L. Molsted-Pedersen, J.G. Westergaard, J. Klebe, B. Sorensen, H. Beck-Nielsen, Denmark
11:30 EFFECTS OF UNTREATED GESTATIONAL GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE (IGT) ON MATERNAL AND NEONATAL OUTCOME
I. Ostlund, A. Bjorklund, U. Hansun, R. Hjertberg, E. Nordlander, J. Wager, Sweden
11:45 PLANNED RANDOMISED STUDY FOR TREATMENT OF IMPAIRED GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE (IGT) DURING PREGNANCY
U. Hanson, A. Bjorklund, R. Hjertberg, E. Nord, E. Nordlander, J. Wager, I. Ostlund, Sweden
12:00 THE EFFECT OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS (GDM) - THE NEED FOR A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
D. Farine, M. Sermer, Canada
12:15 ISLET CELL AUTOIMMUNITY IN WOMEN WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS
A. de Leiva, M. Angels Ortiz, S. Piquer, I. Vinyets, J. Morales, M. Albareda, A. Garcia-Patterson, M. Angel Maria, R. Corcoy, Spain
12:30 MECHANISMS OF CELLULAR INSULIN RESISTANCE IN ADIPOCYTES DURING LATE HUMAN PREGNANCY
P. Catalano, L. Huston-Presley, T. Ishizuka, S. Liu, J. Friedman, USA
12:45 CONCLUDING REMARKS