Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Author "Elgar, Dale"
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Glycaemic control improves fibrin network characteristics in type 2 diabetes: a purified fibrinogen model
Pieters, Marlien; Van der Westhuizen, Francois H.; Loots, Du Toit; Jerling, Johann C.; Elgar, Dale (Thieme, 2008)Diabetic subjects have been shown to have altered fibrin network structures.One proposed mechanism for this is non-enzymatic glycation of fibrinogen due to high blood glucose.We investigated whether glycaemic control would ...