Local signs and symptoms in relation to final amputation level in diabetic patients: A prospective study of 187 patients with foot ulcers

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 387-393

  Larsson, Jan ^a   Agardh, Carl David ^a   Apelqvist, Jan ^a   Stenstrom, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT ULCER; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0028130719     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679408995476     Document Type: Article

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