when a group of 26 type i diabetics with proliferative retinopathy was compared with a group of age-matched type i diabetics without retinopathy and with 30 age-matched normal subjects ( injected i.v . with 0.1 u/kg body weight of insulin ) , no difference was found in gh response to insulin , indicating that gh hypersecretion is not a characteristic finding of diabetic retinopathy .
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