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microangiopathy

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microangiopathy [‚mī·krō‚an·jē′äp·ə·thē]
(medicine)
The development of lesions in small blood vessels throughout the body.


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Albumin binds to the glycosylated basement membrane in capillaries, causing, in part, the thickening of the basement membrane associated with microangiopathy in diabetes.
The retinal damage caused by microangiopathy makes it the most common cause of blindness among non-elderly adults in the United States.
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