Temporal association between the incidence of foot ulceration and the start of dialysis in diabetes mellitus

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3207-3210

  Game, Frances L ^a   Chipchase, Susan Y ^a   Hubbard, Richard ^b   Burden, Richard P ^a   Jeffcoate, William J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetes; Dialysis; Foot ulcer; Nephropathy; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750029110     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl427     Document Type: Article

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