Identifying cause for advancement to amputation in patients with diabetes: The role of medical care and patient compliance

Wounds

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 32-36

  Nash, Taffney ^a   Bellew, James W ^a   Cunningham, Marshall ^a   McCulloch, Joseph ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 15944381218     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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