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Abstract
Osteoporosis is a highly’ prevalent disease that has its impact on bone mass. Recognition of at risk patients is critical both in prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Having either type 1 DM or CD or both increase the patient’s risk of developing an osteoporosis related fracture. BMD measurement is supportive of the diagnosis in diabetic populations. All diabetes related factors should be considered in assessing osteoporosis. The clinical implication of the high prevalence of CD in children with Type 1 DM which may contain a high proportion of clinically asymptomatic cases is that type 1 diabetic patients should be screened and treated for CD and its complications especially the additive risk of osteoporosis in those patients. Therefore this study was designed to compare the magnitude of low BMD in diabetic patients with CD versus diabetic non celiacs with DEXA technique which is the most sensitive technique to detect low BMD in children. The work included 40 type 1 diabetic children and adolescents. Their ages ranged from 12 to 18 years with a mean of 16.4± 1.8, and their disease duration ranged between 1 and 15 years with a mean of9.25±3.4 years.