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A.  Late Complications of Diabetes Mellitus
                           Persistent
                           glucose excess   Hyper-
                           (hyperglycemia)  osmolarity
                                                 4    Fibrinogen
                                        6
         Sorbitol                                     Haptoglobin      Complications
                       Glycosylation of proteins:        Clotting
                                                         factors V and Vlll
              BPG                   AGE

                     HbA  1c
                                                         Blood clotting
                              Thickening of                            Mellitus: Late
                              basal membrane              Blood
                   11                                     viscosity
                  O 2  release
                                                        Amino acids
                                            5                          Diabetes
                                                              ?
                               Microangiopathy  Prone to       12
                 Osmotic                    infection       Big
        1        swelling              7                    babies
                                                         Hyper-        Plate 9.18
                                            Pyelo-       filtration
         Lens of eye  Endothelial           nephritis
                      cells
                  Schwann
                  cells                    Renal failure  Glomerulo-  9
         2                                             sclerosis
         Cataract
                                                        Proteinuria
               Impaired nerve
               conduction
                                                 Hypertension
         Cellular loss
         of myoinositol      Retinopathy
                                     8
                                                        VLDL
            ?                Blindness
                                                       10
                                           Macroangiopathy

             Polyneuropathy
            Autonomic                                Peripheral
            nervous  3                     Myocardial
            regulation                     infarction  vascular disease,
           Reflexes                                  placental perfusion
            Sensory                                  (in pregnancy)
            responses         Stroke
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