Diabetes-Related Amputations of Lower Extremities in the Medicare Population - Minnesota, 1993-1995

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 47, Issue 31, 1998, Pages 649-652

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AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MEDICARE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AMPUTATION; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MEDICARE; MINNESOTA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

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