Hand and Foot Sepsis in Libyan Diabetic Patients

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 232-233

  Bosseri, Soad ^a   Gill, Geoffrey ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HAND INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SEPSIS; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIBYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030870851     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559702700417     Document Type: Article

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