Abstract:Background: Skin is the largest and most visible organ in the body. It undoubtedly determines to a great extent our appearance and plays a major role in socio-sexual communication. More than one third of diabetic patients have some type of dermatologic 1 manifestations during the course of their chronic disease . The association of certain skin diseases with diabetes mellitus has been 2 3 fairly well recognized with an incidence rate ranging from 11.4% to 66% . At least 30% of patients with diabetes mellitus h… Show more
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