Increased mortality associated with diabetic foot ulcer

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 967-972

  Boyko, E J ^a,b   Ahroni, J H ^a   Smith, D G ^a,b   Davignon, D ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle arm index; Diabetic foot ulcer; Epidemiology; Mortality; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029802546     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199611)13:11<967::AID-DIA266>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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