Alterations in hemorheological determinants and glycated hemoglobin in black diabetic patients with retinopathy

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-260

  Pepple, Dagogo J ^a   Reid, Harvey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellius; Ophthalmic

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAUCASIAN; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VISCOSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549145512     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30854-3     Document Type: Article

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