title: Skeletal and joint manifestations of childhood diabetes.
abstract: The rheumatologic and skeletal manifestations of childhood diabetes have only recently been appreciated. This article reviews bone loss (osteopenia) in this population, and the differential diagnosis of the limited joint mobility commonly found in insulin-dependent diabetes in childhood.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000209:etiology*; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000150:complications; D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000209:etiology; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000209:etiology