ea0037ep420 | Diabetes (complications & therapy) | ECE2015
Sheriba Nermeen
, Sayed Rania
, Nasr Merhan
, Shelbaya Sara
, Abbas Magdy
Background: Hyperglycaemia produces various changes in the vascular tissue at the cellular level that accelerates the atherosclerosis. There is a direct correlation among carotid arterial stiffness and serum fetuin-A level. Fetuin-A is a marker of the inflammatory nutritional state and acts as a protective agent because it solubilises the calcium phosphate salt.Aim of this work: To study the role of fetuin A in atherosclerosis and its association with ty...