title: Lens autofluorescence in diabetes compared with the level of glycosylated hemoglobin A1c.
abstract: The autofluorescence of the crystalline lens has been measured by an ocular fluorophotometer in two comparable groups of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. One group has had a high level of HbA1c since the onset of diabetes (mean 10.1 per cent) and the other group a very low level (mean 6.5 per cent). The group with low HbA1c during the disease period showed a significantly lower lens fluorescence than the group with high HbA1c.
authors.affiliation: University Eye Clinic, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kjer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bendtson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dalgaard
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lund-Andersen
mesh_terms: D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005453:Fluorescence; D005470:Fluorometry; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010783:Photometry
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin