Puxeddu A, Brunetti P, Calabrese G, Scionti L, De Angelis M, Pentiricci N, Bolli G, Massi-Benedetti M
Acta Diabetol Lat. 1979 Oct-Dec;16(4):311-5. doi: 10.1007/BF02587652.
RBC 2,3-DPG resulted statistically increased versus normal subjects in 22 insulin-dependent diabetics affected by arterial vasculopathy and in 19 vasculopathic non-diabetic patients. RBC 2,3-DPG, on the other hand, did not differ from the normal mean in 16 insulin-dependent diabetics without vascular involvement. The increase of RBC 2,3-DPG represents principally a consequence of the vasculopathy.