Urinary neopterin in patients with diabetes mellitus and foot ulcers

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate urinary neopterin concentrations in patients with diabetes mellitus and with or without diabetic foot.Urinary neopterin was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography in 51 patients with diabetes mellitus, including 19 patients with diabetic foot, and 18 healty controls.

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus
• diabetic foot
• neopterin