TY - BOOK AU - Amal Fouad Mohamed Elganini AU - Gaafar Mohamed Ragab , AU - Nehal Hamdy , AU - Omar Moawya , TI - A comparative study of ultrasonographic muscloskeletal findings between dominant and non - dominant hands in type 2 diabetes mellitus / PY - 2010/// CY - Cairo : PB - Amal Fouad Mohamed Elganini , KW - MSUS KW - Muscloskeletal KW - Type 2 DM N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - In type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, a degree of hyperglycemia is sufficient to cause pathologic and functional changes in various target tissues, including retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy and involvement of the musculoskeletal system . Musculoskeletal complications of diabetes are numerous . The hands are still an important target for diabetic complications and include cheiroarthropathy, flexor tenosynovitis, Dupuytrens disease, Carpal tunnel syndrome, etc ER -