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ArticleEndocrine2017

Imaging of diabetic bone.

Federico Ponti, Sara Guerri, Claudia Sassi, Giuseppe Battista, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Alberto Bazzocchi

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Article in Endocrine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. Fat and bone: the multiperspective analysis of a close relationship.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2020
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Federico PontiDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, The "Rizzoli" Orthopaedic Institute, Via G. C. Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy.
Sara GuerriDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Division of Radiology S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Via G. Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
Claudia SassiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Division of Radiology S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Via G. Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
Giuseppe BattistaDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Division of Radiology S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Via G. Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
Giuseppe GuglielmiDepartment of Radiology, University of Foggia, Viale Luigi Pinto 1, 71100, Foggia, Italy.
Alberto BazzocchiDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, The "Rizzoli" Orthopaedic Institute, Via G. C. Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy. abazzo@inwind.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes is an important concern in terms of medical and socioeconomic costs; a high risk for low-trauma fractures has been reported in patients with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The mechanism involved in the increased fracture risk from diabetes is highly complex and still not entirely understood; obesity could play an important role: recent evidence suggests that the influence of fat on bone is mainly dependent on the pattern of regional fat deposition and that an increased amount of visceral adipose tissue negatively affects skeletal health.Correct and timely individuation of people with high fracture risk is critical for both prevention and treatment: Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (currently the "gold standard" for diagnosis of osteoporosis) underestimates fracture risk in diabetic patients and therefore is not sufficient by itself to investigate bone status. This paper is focused on imaging, covering different modalities involved in the evaluation of skeletal deterioration in diabetes, discussing the limitations of conventional methods and exploring the potential of new tools and recent high-resolution techniques, with the intent to provide interesting insight into pathophysiology and fracture risk.

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Bone and BonesDiabetes ComplicationsDiabetes MellitusDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Fractures, BoneHumansAbsorptiometry, photonBone fracturesBone microarchitectureBone mineral densityDiabetes mellitusOsteoporosis

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