The importance of laser-biophotometry in vivo in medicine.

Infrared laser biophotometry limits to a relatively strait spectrum (0.85-0.89 mkm) and it is based on the absorption, dispersion and reflexion phenomena from the tissues.

Meal testing and postprandial state of type 2 diabetic patients with metabolic syndrome.

Background And Aims: C reactive protein (CRP), a non-specific acute phase reactant, has been associated with multiple patogenic mechanisms involved in chronic illnesses, but up to now the significance of CRP in the postprandial state in diabetes mellitus has not been addressed.

Material And Methods: We evaluated 58 type 2 diabetic patients (33F/25 M) with associated metabolic syndrome. The main characteristics of the patients were: age 58.

Early detection of atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetic patients by endothelial dysfunction and intima-media thickness.

Unlabelled: Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is regarded as an early functional marker and intima-media thickness (IMT) as an early morphological marker of atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether peripheral endothelial function and common carotid IMT are impaired in type 2 diabetic patients with inadequate glycemic control.

Material And Methods: We examined 20 subjects--10 controls (aged 54.