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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
Sclerodactyly is a chronic skin disorder seen together with long-term degenerative microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus. In this study, the relationship between sclerodactyly and various clinical and laboratory characteristics of diabetes mellitus have been investigated. One hundred and forty-two diabetic patients (63 type 1 and 79 type 2) and 72 healthy controls were evaluated clinically. Among the 142 diabetic patients, skin biopsies were taken from 21; 38 underwent soft tissue X-ray examination and 78 underwent periungual capillaroscopy. Among the healthy controls those with sclerodactyly were on the average 12 years older than those without (T: 3.38; P < 0.01). On the other hand, among the patients with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus the ages were similar between those with and without sclerodactyly. There were no statistically significant differences in the prevalence of diabetic complications. The presence of complications, increased proximal nail fold capillarity, HbA1c levels, radiological and histopathological findings were not different among those patients who had or did not have sclerodactyly.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0168-8227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
153-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Diabetic sclerodactyly.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Experimental Medical Research (DETAM), Istanbul University, Turkey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study