[Morphofunctional changes in the erythrocytes in diabetes mellitus].

The paper is concerned with some data on change in the ultrastructure and ultrahistochemistry of erythrocytes in 85 patients with diabetes mellitus. Correlation between change of erythrocytic homeostasis and an extent of metabolic derangements and vascular symptoms is substantiated. Some mechanisms of pathogenesis of diabetic angiopathies have been unraveled, principles of their prevention and therapy are substantiated.