Tahira Tasneem, Seema Mazhar, Zafar Iqbal, Arif Hussain.
Platelet aggregation studies in Diabetic Retinopathy.
Professional Med J Jan ;9(1):29-35.

Platelets have been implicated in the genesis of vascular complications of diabetes mellitus. This is shown h platelet hyperaggregability in diabetic subjects. We studied the platelet aggregation pattern in 200 diabetic subjects. 100 with diabetic retinopathy and 100 without retinopathy. Platelet aggregation was round to be enhanced in all 200 subjects studied. ADP, epinephrine, collagen and arachidonic acid were used as agonists to induce platelet aggregation. The results were compared with 50 healthy age, sex matched non diabetic controls. We did not find any significant difference between the platelet aggregation of diabetic patients with and without diabetic retinopathy.

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