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Increased retinal and glomerular capillary permeability among diabetics is also seen in the peritoneal capillaries
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Decreased permselectivity may be due to a reduction in the fixed negative charges of the capillary basement membrane
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High permeability results in increased amino acid and protein losses with resultant low serum albumin concentrations (a marker of malnutrition)
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