Serial sections of palatal mucosa from diabetic and nondiabetic patients were evaluated histochemically. An aldehyde-fuchsin-and acid-orcein-positive deposition occurred primarily in the adventitia of diabetic arterioles, as compared with nondiabetic vessels.
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