The association between plasma beta-hexosaminidase and its isoenzyme patterns and retinopathy in type 1 diabetes mellitus
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Summary, in English
beta-Hexosaminidase and its isoenzyme patterns were investigated in plasma from patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus. The patients were divided into three main groups matched for duration of diabetes: (a) proliferative retinopathy (b), progress of retinopathy within a two-year period (c) and with no background retinopathy. When all patients were compared to a reference group, a significant increase of plasma beta-hexosaminidase activity was found. Patients with proliferative retinopathy had significantly increased activity of plasma beta-hexosaminidase compared to the reference group but not compared to the other diabetic patients. The isoenzyme distribution was not different in any of the diabetic subgroups compared to the reference group. It was also shown that various degrees of diabetic nephropathy did not influence total plasma Hex or the isoenzyme pattern.
Publishing year
1991
Language
English
Pages
177-183
Publication/Series
Clinica Chimica Acta
Volume
196
Issue
2-3
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Clinical Laboratory Medicine
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0009-8981