title: [A new method of a morphometric study of the kidney using a computer-assisted morphometric complex "Diamorph"].
abstract: The use of a computer--based morphometric complex "DIAMORPH" for automated morphometric analysis of renal glomeruli is described. By combining the principles of morphological and functional approaches to diagnosis with the capabilities of present--day research equipment, a new informative morphometric parameter--the extent of capillary--mesangium contact--has been identified. With this parameter and its derivatives, it has been possible to differentiate, in a statistically significant way (p less than 0.01), healthy subjects (controls) from patients with manifest diabetes mellitus of up to I year in duration who could not be distinguished through light microscopic or conventional morphometric studies.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Zhukotskiĭ
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Iakubova
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ponomarev
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Purtov
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pal'tsev
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Kogan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D008875:Middle Aged