The diagnosis of osteomyelitis in diabetes using erythrocyte sedimentation rate: A pilot study

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 445-450

  Kaleta, Jennifer L ^a   Fleischli, Jeffrey W ^a   Reilly, Charles H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELLULITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CELLULITIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035489623     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-91-9-445     Document Type: Article

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