Skin temperatures as a one-time screening tool do not predict future diabetic foot complications

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 443-447

  Armstrong, David G ^a,b,c   Lavery, Lawrence A ^a,e   Wunderlich, Robert P ^a   Boulton, Andrew J M ^c,d  

^a Diabetex Research Group   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; ETHNOLOGY; FOOT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PODIATRY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AWARDS AND PRIZES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; PODIATRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842634501     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-93-6-443     Document Type: Article

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