Rheumatic manifestations in Diabetes mellitus : Rheumatic manifestations in a common metabolic disorder

ISBN-13: 9783846538807 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 88 str.

Kavita Krishna; Navtej Singh

Opis

Fifty patients of type II diabetes mellitus with rheumatic manifestations were studied. Adhesive capsulitis of shoulder was most common, followed by limited joint mobility, Dupuytren's contracture, carpal tunnel syndrome, DISH, flexor tenosynovitis, septic arthritis, forefoot osteolysis and Charcot's arthropathy. Of these, 44% had retinopathy, 40% had neuropathy, 24% had microalbuminuria, 30% had albuminuria; 48% had more than one complication.

O autorze

Dr. Kavita Krishna, MD, DNB, is a Professor in Medicine at Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College and Hospital, Pune, India. Her special field of interest is Rheumatology. She is an astute clinician and academician. She is a dynamic researcher and has many publications in various international and national journals to her credit.