The Charcot foot: Medical and surgical therapy

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 444-451

  Ulbrecht, Jan S ^a   Wukich, Dane K ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PAMIDRONIC ACID; SALCATONIN;

AMPUTATION; ARTHRODESIS; BONE REMODELING; CELL ACTIVATION; CHARCOT NEUROOSTEOARTHROPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE THERAPY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FOOT DISEASE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; WALKING AID;

ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 63149146128     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-008-0077-z     Document Type: Review

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