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Abstract
Diabetes mellitus (D.M) is chronic disorder characterized by impaired
glucose metabolism and other energy yielding fuels as well as late vascular
and neuropathic complications due to insulin deficiency which may be total
partial or relative.
Diabetic neuropathy is probably the most common chronic
complication of diabetes that encompass a wide range of abnormalities
affecting both peripheral and autonomic nervous systems causing
considerable morbidity and mortality.
This study had been carried out on Internal Medicine Department,
Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, out patient clinic and clinical
pathology department on 50 subject were divided into 5 groups, 30 type 2
diabetic patients (Groups I, II and III), 10 patients non-diabetic with
peripheral neuropathy (Group IV) and 10 healthy subjects as a control
group (Group V).
In the present study the aim was to evaluate the vitamin Bl2 and folic
acid status in diabetic patient with and without neuropathy in comparison
with other diabetic risk factors.