Poor glucose control in the year before admission as a powerful predictor of amputation in hospitalized patients with diabetic foot ulceration [7]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1985-

  Lepore, Giuseppe ^a   Maglio, Maria L ^a   Cuni, Carlo ^a   Dodesini, Alessandro R ^a   Nosari, Italo ^a   Minetti, Bruno ^a   Trevisan, Roberto ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG AMPUTATION; LETTER; PREVALENCE;

AGED; AMPUTATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33746634348     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-0912     Document Type: Letter

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