Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To study serum levels of angiogenic factors: vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), angiogenin and transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) and their relationship to metabolic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and to evaluate whether these angiogenic factors can predict and identify cases at greater risk to develop diabetic retinopathy or persistent microalbuminuria in a follow-up perio...

Objective: to study nerve functions in IDDM at an early stage to evaluate the prevalence of neuropathy.Subjects and methods: The study included 20 children with IDDM and 10 healthy subjects as controls. Patients were subjected to clinical evaluation of neuropathic manifestations. Laboratory tests included fasting blood glucose and serum glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). Electrophysiological study included motor conduction studies of the median and deep perone...