Squamous cell carcinoma in a heel ulcer in a patient with diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Kong, Marie France ^a   Jogia, Frcp Rajesh ^a   Nayyar, Vidhu ^a   Berrington, Rachel ^a   Jackson, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KNEE AMPUTATION; LETTER; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; VASCULARIZATION; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 49649096114     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-0284     Document Type: Letter

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