Haemorheology in diabetes.
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.
Dutta
T K
TK
Department of Medicine, JIPMER, Pondicherry.
Das
A K
AK
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
D007328:Insulin; D012712:Serum Globulins; D005340:Fibrinogen