Lupus Anticoagulant Positivity in Diabetes With Retinal Vascular Disease
| Author | s Dash | en |
| Author | RJ Dash | en |
| Author | A Gupta | en |
| Issued Date | 2005-01-31 | en |
| Abstract | To investigate whether lupus anticoagulant (LA) positivity, a frequently associated factor in a variety of thromboembolic events, might be relevant to the pathogenesis of retinal vascular disease in diabetes mellitus.Materials and Methods: Eighty-five diabetic patients (44 type 1 and 41 type 2) were examined for total blood counts, screening coagulogram and LA. Results: LA was positive in 20.5% of patients with type 1 diabetes and in 33.3% with patients of type 1 diabetes and retinopathy, whereas, LA was positive in only 7.3% of patients with type 2 diabetes and in 6.4% of them with retinopathy. Conclusion: These findings suggest that LA positivity might be considered as an additional risk factor in the pathogenesis of microvascular disease in type 1 diabetes. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/ | en |
| Keyword | Lupus anticoagulant | en |
| Keyword | Retinopathy | en |
| Keyword | Type 1 diabetes | en |
| Keyword | Type 2 diabetes | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Lupus Anticoagulant Positivity in Diabetes With Retinal Vascular Disease | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |