Lower-extremity amputation in diabetes: The independent effects of peripheral vascular disease, sensory neuropathy, and foot ulcers

Diabetes Care

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1029-1035

  Adler, Amanda I ^a,b   Boyko, Edward J ^a   Ahroni, Jessie H ^a   Smith, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY NEUROPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT ULCER; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032977596     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.22.7.1029     Document Type: Article

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