Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Skin autofluorescence to aid in assessment or prediction of diabetes-related complications. Lansdale: HAYES, Inc.. Directory Publication. 2012 Authors' conclusions Blood sugar spontaneously reacts with and becomes linked to proteins in healthy and diabetic people, and some of the products of these reactions are fluorescent. This process occurs slowly but is somewhat accelerated when blood sugar levels are elevated. Since higher blood sugar levels correspond to more severe diabetes and result in more rapid accumulation of fluorescent proteins, devices capable of measuring the autofluorescence (AF) of skin have been developed to detect these fluorescent products to attempt to assess or predict diabetes-related complications. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Diabetes Complicationss; Skin; Spectrometry, Fluorescence Language Published English Country of organisation United States English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence HAYES, Inc., 157 S. Broad Street, Suite 200, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA. Tel: 215 855 0615; Fax: 215 855 5218 Email: hayesinfo@hayesinc.com AccessionNumber 32013000211 Date abstract record published 25/03/2013 |