[Endothelial vascular desquamation in diabetics].

The endothelial vascular desquamation was studied in 32 diabetic patients and 150 healthy controls. In the diabetic patients a significantly high desquamation was found. No differences in the desquamation due to the type of diabetes, I or II, and its duration were found. The authors are of the opinion that the early vascular desquamation is the result of the high glycemia.