[Role of homocysteine in the pathogenesis of vascular complications of type 2 diabetes].

The purpose of the investigation was to study the plasma levels of homocysteine (HC) inpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and its association with the development of diabetic angiopathies and some clinical and laboratory parameters. Among 92 patients with DM2, hyperhomocysteinemia (22.6±6.