No difference in serum sialic acid in Type 2 diabetic patients from the United Arab Emirates with and without diabetic retinopathy

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-150

  Crook, M A ^a   Khandhadia, S ^a   Lumb, P ^a   Ridha, A ^b   Hussain, A ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBAI HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Retinopathy disease; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

SIALIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRUCTOSAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

AGED; ARABS; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRUCTOSAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0033988681     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(99)00119-9     Document Type: Article

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