Reduced incidence of lower-limb amputations in the diabetic population of a German City, 1990-2005: Results of the Leverkusen Amputation Reduction Study (LARS)

Diabetes Care

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2633-2637

  Trautner, Christoph ^a,b,e   Haastert, Burkhard ^c   Mauckner, Peter ^d   G̈atcke, Lena Maria ^a   Giani, Guido ^c  

^a Science   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^d Remigius Krankenhaus Opladen   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35148845086     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-0876     Document Type: Article

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