ea0029p658 | Diabetes | ICEECE2012
Naguib R.
, Abdel Fattah M.
Introduction: Vitamin D is suggested to be an inhibitor of angiogenesis. The degree of severity of Diabetic retinopathy (DR) may be related to serum Vitamin D concentration so this study aims at investigating vitamin D and parathormone (PTH) concentrations as predictors of the development and severity of diabetic retinopathy.Material and methods: Levels of vitamin D [25(OH) D3 and Calcitriol] and PTH were measured in 200 diabetic patients presenting with...