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Lens fluorescence in relation to glucose tolerance and genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes mellitus in a population-based study.
Current eye research - 1 Sept 2006
Koefoed Theil Pernille, Kessel Line, Hansen Torben, Lund-Andersen Henrik, Pedersen Oluf, Larsen Michael
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The fluorescence of the lens has the characteristics of a life-long cumulative index of glycemia, and it is elevated in patients with diabetes in proportion to the duration of diabetes and the level of glycemia. Consequently, lens fluorometry should be capable of providing an estimate of prediagnostic disease duration when patients are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Among euglycemic subjects,...
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