Osteomyelitis in diabetic foot ulcers: Prompt diagnosis can avert amputation

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-15

  Schinabeck, Matthew K ^a,c   Johnson, John L ^b  

^a ID Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Hillcrest Medical Office Bldg   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; AGED; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23944434980     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 12182583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2005.07.1678     Document Type: Article

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