Effects of ethnicity and nephropathy on lower-extremity amputation risk among diabetic veterans

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 495-501

  Young, Bessie A ^a,b,c   Maynard, Charles ^a,b   Reiber, Gayle ^a,b   Boyko, Edward J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; AMPUTATION; CAUCASIAN; HISPANIC; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TOE; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AMPUTATION; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOES; VETERANS;

EID: 0042593395     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.2.495     Document Type: Article

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