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...