Dutta T K, Das A K
Department of Medicine, JIPMER, Pondicherry.
J Assoc Physicians India. 1990 Dec;38(12):919-20.
The rheology of blood is disturbed in diabetes due to increased viscosity of blood and decreased deformability of red blood cells. This disturbed haemorheology contributes to diabetic vasculopathy and is reversible with treatment with insulin.