Tropical diabetic hand syndrome: Risk factors in an adult diabetes population

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-23

  Abbas, Zulfiqarali G ^a   Lutale, Janet ^a   Gill, Geoffrey V ^b   Archibald, Lennox K ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hand infections; Hand sepsis; Sub Saharan Africa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC HAND SYNDROME; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HAND INFECTION; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; OCCUPATION; PAPULE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ULCER; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0035048501     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(01)90043-8     Document Type: Article

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