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Interleukin-6 Estimation in the Sera of Iraqi Diabetic Patients | ||
| Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 21-31 | ||
| Author | ||
| Samira N. Al-Naem | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Diabetes Mellitus is worldwide distributed disease with metabolic disorder, the most marked feature of the disease is elevated blood glucose. Abnormality of glucose metabolism leads to the whole series of abnormalities, one of these complications is the eye disease and sometime lead to blindness. One hundred diabetic patients were studied which include 60 patients with eye disease and 40 without eye disease in comparison with 30 patients control group of diagnosed eye disease , as well as 30 apparent healthy individuals. Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) technique was used to measure, serum levels of Interlukine- 6 (IL-6), in diabetic patients with & without eye disease in comparison with control groups This study reveals that mean serum level of IL-6 was obviously higher in diabetic cases with and without eye disease, than in patients and healthy control groups (129, 101.12, 20.25, 9.4 pg/ml) respectively. | ||
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