title: Haemorheology in diabetes.
abstract: The rheology of blood is disturbed in diabetes due to increased viscosity of blood and decreased deformability of red blood cells. This disturbed haemorheology contributes to diabetic vasculopathy and is reversible with treatment with insulin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, JIPMER, Pondicherry.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D001809:Blood Viscosity / Q000502:physiology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012212:Rheology; D012712:Serum Globulins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D012712:Serum Globulins; D005340:Fibrinogen