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. 1990 Jan;8(1):23-30.
doi: 10.1016/0169-6009(91)90137-o.

Bone mass in young patients with type I diabetes

G Weber  1 , L Beccaria, M de'Angelis, S Mora, L Galli, M A Cazzuffi, F Turba, F Frisone, M P Guarneri, G Chiumello
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Bone mass in young patients with type I diabetes

G Weber et al. Bone Miner. 1990 Jan.

Abstract

We measured bone mineral content (BMC) with single photon absorptiometry in two groups of young patients with type I diabetes: the first group (prospective study) consists of 48 patients followed from onset to the third year of diabetes and the second group (cross-sectional study) consists of 66 long-term diabetics. Bone mineral content at onset of disease was lower than normal in only two cases. After 3 years of diabetes no male revealed BMC below the normal range but two females (6.6%) had low BMC values. In our cross-sectional study we found a BMC reduction in 12% of the cases. We did not find a relationship between bone deficit and duration of diabetes, or bone mass values and HbA1.

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