Therapeutic footwear in diabetes: The good, the bad, and the ugly?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1832-1833

  Boulton, Andrew J M ^a,b   Jude, Edward B ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; EDITORIAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SHOE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; SHOES;

EID: 3042789240     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.7.1832     Document Type: Editorial

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