Lack of relationship between beta-hexosaminidase activity and retinopathy in insulin dependent diabetics

Summary, in English

Beta-hexosaminidase activity in plasma and urine was measured and compared in insulin dependent diabetics (IDDM) with and without proliferative retinopathy. No difference in the activity of beta-hexosaminidase was found between the two groups indicating that this enzyme is not involved in the development of diabetic microangiopathy.

• Author: Carl-David Agardh; Elisabet Agardh; Björn Hultberg
• Department/s: Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö; Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology
• Publishing year: 1987
• Language: English
• Pages: 37-42
• Publication/Series: Clinica Chimica Acta
• Volume: 167
• Issue: 1
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0009-8981(87)90083-0
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Clinical Laboratory Medicine
• Keywords: Proliferative retinopathy; beta-Hexosaminidase; Type 1 diabetes
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0009-8981