Hospital discharge rates for nontraumatic lower extremity amputation by diabetes status - United States, 1997

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 50, Issue 43, 2001, Pages 954-958

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ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; UNITED STATES;

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