TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 151. Diabetes Mellitus and Other Endocrine Diseases A1 - Kalus, Andrea A. A1 - Chien, Andy J. A1 - Olerud, John E. A2 - Goldsmith, Lowell A. A2 - Katz, Stephen I. A2 - Gilchrest, Barbara A. A2 - Paller, Amy S. A2 - Leffell, David J. A2 - Wolff, Klaus Y1 - 2012 N1 - T2 - Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e AB - |PrintDiabetes Mellitus at a GlanceThe incidence of diabetes in America is increasing steadily with the epidemic of obesity.Eleven percent of health care expenditures in America are diabetes related.Metabolic abnormalities in glucose and insulin relate directly to diabetic thick skin, limited joint mobility, eruptive xanthomas, and acanthosis nigricans.Neuropathy, vasculopathy, and immune dysfunction associated with diabetes contribute directly to lower extremity ulcers and certain cutaneous infections.Diabetes-associated skin conditions without a known pathogenesis include: necrobiosis lipoidica, granuloma annulare, diabetic dermopathy, acquired perforating dermatosis, and bullosis diabeticorum. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56073942 ER -