High prevalence of ischaemia, infection and serious comorbidity in patients with diabetic foot disease in Europe. Baseline results from the Eurodiale study

Diabetologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-25

  Prompers, L ^a   Huijberts, M ^a   Apelqvist, J ^b   Jude, E ^c   Piaggesi, A ^d   Bakker, K ^e   Edmonds, M ^f   Holstein, P ^g   Jirkovska, A ^h   Mauricio, D ⁱ   Ragnarson Tennvall, G ^j   Reike, H ^k   Spraul, M ^l   Uccioli, L ^m   Urbancic, V ⁿ   Van Acker, K ^o   Van Baal, J ^p   Van Merode, F ^q   Schaper, N ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^e International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot   (Netherlands)

^f KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^j SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^k Mariannen Hospital   (Germany)

^l Diabetic Department   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^o St Joseph Clinic   (Belgium)

^p TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^q MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Diabetes; Diabetic foot ulcer; Multicentre; Neuropathy; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC FOOT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33845957181     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0491-1     Document Type: Article

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