title: Significant muscle capillary basement membrane thickening in spontaneously diabetic Mystromys albicaudatus.
abstract: Skeletal muscle capillary basement membrane thickness was determined in age- and sex-matched normal and spontaneously diabetic Mystromys albicaudatus. In nondiabetic animals the average basement membrane thickness was 482.6+/-48.7 A as against 779.0+/-319.9 A in the diabetic ones. This difference was statistically significant at P less than 0.005.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005215:Fasting; D006029:Glycosuria / Q000150:complications; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000150:complications; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009132:Muscles / Q000098:blood supply*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D012377:Rodentia
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007657:Ketone Bodies