title: [The effect of sulodexide, a glycosaminoglycan, on albuminuria in diabetic patients].
abstract: The authors administered to type 1 diabetics (n = 15) or type 2 diabetics (n = 20) with microalbuminuria or macroalbuminuria for a period of 15 days i.m. doses of sulodexide (Vessel Due F), 600 i.u. (i.e. 60 mg). The evaluation of the whole group revealed a statistically significant reduction of the original mean value of albuminuria (509 +/- 127 ug/min) already during the first week of sulodexide administration (382 +/- 105). A further decrease was recorded after the second and third week of treatment (326 +/- 89, 319 +/- 85 ug/min). While in diabetics with microalbuminuria < 100 micrograms/min the mean levels of excreted albumin were not affected, in diabetics with macroalbuminuria 200 ug/min a significant reduction of albuminuria persisted (p < 0.001) achieved during sulodexide treatment persisted for three weeks after completed treatment. No differences were found between the results of type 1 and type 2 diabetics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Seventy-seven per cent type 1 and type 2 diabetics responded to parenteral sulodexide administration for 15 days by a statistically significant reduction of albumin.
authors.affiliation: Diabetologické centrum Vseobecné fakultní nemocnice, Praha.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perusicová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skrha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000419:Albuminuria; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; C007858:glucuronyl glucosamine glycan sulfate
vernacular_title: Vliv glykosaminoglykanu sulodexidu na albuminurii u diabetických pacientů.