The impact of diabetes-related lower-extremity amputations in the Netherlands

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 325-330

  Van Houtum, William H ^a   Lavery, Lawrence A ^a,b   Harkless, Lawrence B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOE;

EID: 0030294766     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1056-8727(95)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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