Problem of amputations in patients with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 760-764

  New, J P ^a   McDowell, D ^a   Burns, E ^a   Young, R J ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetes mellitus; District diabetes information system; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; ULCER;

EID: 0031830337     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199809)15:9<760::AID-DIA672>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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