title: A morphometric analysis of the capillary basement membrane as a diagnostic parameter in diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Thirty-seven diabetic patients were examined by a morphometric analysis of the basement membrane at submicroscopic level. According to how long they had had diabetes they were divided into three groups (A less than 2 years, B less than 15 years, C greater than 15 years) and the BM thicknesses measured were compared with the data obtained in five control subjects. Simultaneous biochemical and clinical screening was used to elaborate a Spearman's non-parametric correlating coefficient. The results confirmed that morphometric evaluation of the state of the capillary BM in skeletal muscle can be employed as a marker of organic complications in diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínek
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Krausová
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000098:blood supply