[Thermography in complex instrumental studies in the diagnosis of diabetic angiopathies].

Microcirculation was examined in 182 patients with diabetes mellitus and 20 healthy subjects. According to the disease severity all the patients were divided, as follows: 23 patients with mild diabetes, 99 with moderate form of the disease and 60 subjects with severe diabetes. Thermoassaymmetry of the lower limbs of the patients under examination and proximal distal gradient of the temperature drop were determined to reveal circulation disturbance.