Skin autofluorescence to aid in assessment or prediction of diabetes-related complications
Record ID 32013000211
English
Authors' recommendations:
Blood sugar spontaneously reacts with and becomes linked to proteins in healthy and diabetic people, and some of the products of these reactions are fluorescent. This process occurs slowly but is somewhat accelerated when blood sugar levels are elevated. Since higher blood sugar levels correspond to more severe diabetes and result in more rapid accumulation of fluorescent proteins, devices capable of measuring the autofluorescence (AF) of skin have been developed to detect these fluorescent products to attempt to assess or predict diabetes-related complications.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2012
URL for published report:
The report may be purchased from:http://www.hayesinc.com/hayes/crd/?crd=14374
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
United States
MeSH Terms
- Skin
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence
Contact
Organisation Name:
HAYES, Inc.
Contact Address:
157 S. Broad Street, Suite 200, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA. Tel: 215 855 0615; Fax: 215 855 5218
Contact Name:
saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Contact Email:
saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Copyright:
2012 Winifred S. Hayes, Inc
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