A new wound-based severity score for diabetic foot ulcers: A prospective analysis of 1,000 patients

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 988-992

  Beckert, Stefan ^a   Witte, Maria ^a   Wicke, Corinna ^a   Königsrainer, Alfred ^a   Coerper, Stephan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of General and Transplant Surgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33746333563     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc05-2431     Document Type: Article

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