Homocysteine Serum Levels in Diabetic Patients with Non Proliferative, Proliferative and without Retinopathy

Homocysteine has been associated with extracellular matrix changes. The diabetic retinopathy is a neurovascular complication of diabetes mellitus and it is the leading cause of vision loss among working adults worldwide. In this study, we evaluate the role of homocysteine in diabetic retinopathy ana...

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Autores principales: Malaguarnera, Giulia, Gagliano, Caterina, Giordano, Maria, Salomone, Salvatore, Vacante, Marco, Bucolo, Claudio, Caraci, Filippo, Reibaldi, Michele, Drago, Filippo, Avitabile, Teresio, Motta, Massimo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4022262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24877066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/191497
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Sumario:Homocysteine has been associated with extracellular matrix changes. The diabetic retinopathy is a neurovascular complication of diabetes mellitus and it is the leading cause of vision loss among working adults worldwide. In this study, we evaluate the role of homocysteine in diabetic retinopathy analyzing the plasma levels of homocysteine in 63 diabetic type 2 patients with nonproliferative retinopathy (NPDR), 62 patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), 50 healthy subjects used as control group, and 75 randomly selected patients.

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