Lower Extremity Amputations in Adults Less Than Forty Years of Age: An Underestimated Risk from Premature Atherosclerosis

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-27

  Levy, Pavel J ^a   Hornung, Carlton A ^a   Rush, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

EID: 0030044752     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857449603000105     Document Type: Article

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