TY - BOOK AU - Naglaa Adly Abdelazeem AU - Eman Mohamed Obaia , AU - Khalid Elhadidi , AU - Yasser Hussein Nssar , TI - The relation between plasma concentration of osteopontin, matrix metalloprotinase-2 and severity of diabetes mellitus / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Naglaa Adly Abdelazeem , KW - Dibetes mellitus KW - Matrix metalloproteinase-2 KW - Osteopontin N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Medical Biochemistry; Issued also as CD N2 - To assess the relation between plasma level of osteopontin and matrix metalloproteinase-2 and the severity and progression of diabetes mellitus. Measurement of plasma osteopontin, and matrix metalloproteinase-2 using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELIZA) in 75 adult patients suffering from type 2 diabetes (divided into 3 subgroups: uncomplicated D.M, diabetic nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy ER -