Abstract
A study was performed in fifteen patients with maturity-onset diabetes who had decreased erythrocyte flexibility as compared to controls. The patients were treated with isoxsuprine during 3 months. After this period only a reduction of blood viscosity at haematocrit 0.80 was found, indicating improved red cell flexibility. This might be explained by production of larger and more flexible erythrocytes.
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