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[Reversible red cell aggregation in children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus]
Klinicheskaia Laboratornaia Diagnostika
|August 1, 1997
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Children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus show increased red blood cell aggregation. This aggregation is most pronounced during ketoacidosis and persists even with improved metabolic control, indicating a need for further correction.
Area of Science:
- Hematology
- Pediatric Endocrinology
- Metabolic Disorders
Abstract:
Red cell aggregation has been studied by photometry in 47 children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The disease was associated with boosting of reversible red cell aggregation, which was most of all expressed during metabolic decompensation with ketoacidosis. When metabolic subcompensation was attained, this parameter did not completely normalize and still had to be corrected.