Diabetic foot amputation: The need for an objective assessment tool

Wounds

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 241-245

  Mani, Raj ^a   Krentz, A J ^a   Shearman, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0043246665     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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