[Diabetic osteopathy: previously disputed but most likely important ailment].
Diabetic osteopathy is usually not mentioned in the list of diabetic complications. This osteopathy is very important in clinical medicine. In the pathogenesis many factors are involved--bone formation, hyperglycaemia, glycosuria, glycation of collagene etc. Clinically important is the high risk of fractures present in diabetic patients. This risk can be positively and negatively modified by antidiabetic drugs. It is important to find some markers for fracture risk in diabetes. Nowadays only bone densitometry can be used with some limitations to quantify this risk.
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IIl. interní klinika 1. Iékarské fakulty UKa VFN Praha. svacinas@lf1.cuni.cz
D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents