It cannot be excluded that the allergic colitis facilitated the CMV colitis, or vice versa CMV colitis triggered cow's milk protein induced entero-colitis. Further attention should be given to children with bloody diarrhoea to establish a possible relationship between CMV infection and cow's milk protein allergy.
Summary. Polymerisation and crosslinking of fibrin monomers was studied in 35 healthy volunteers and in 42 poorly controlled diabetic patients. Polymerisation did not show any difference between control subjects (n = 10) and diabetic patients (n = 11) (p > 0.1), although fibrinogen was 35% more glycated in the diabetic patients (/)<0.001). Alpha chain crosslinking in the diabetic patients, however, was impaired as is shown from an increase in intermediate alpha polymers with a concomitant decrease in alpha monomer disappearance. A significant positive correlation was found between the degree of glycation of fibrinogen and the defective alpha chain polymerisation (r = 0.86, p < 0.005). These results were consistent with the results of thrombin and reptilase experiments. The reaction rate with reptilase did not show any difference between the two groups (p > 0.1), whereas the reaction rate with thrombin was significantly slower in the diabetic group compared to the control subjects (p < 0.001). Purified fibrin clots obtained from the diabetic patients were more susceptible to plasmin than clots obtained from control subjects. It is concluded that in poorly controlled diabetic patients polymerisation of fibrin monomers is normal, but crosslinking of the alpha chains is impaired, leading to a higher susceptibility of the clots to plasmin degradation.
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