Local wound care in diabetic foot complications. Aggressive risk management and ulcer treatment to avoid amputation

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-102

  Muha, Jeffrey ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; SHOE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0032775765     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1999.07.603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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