Incidence and characteristics of lower limb amputations in people with diabetes

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-396

  Fosse, S ^a,c   Hartemann Heurtier, A ^b   Jacqueminet, S ^b   Ha Van, G ^b   Grimaldi, A ^b   Fagot Campagna, A ^a  

^a National Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Amputations; Complications of diabetes; Diabetes; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 64249145116     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02698.x     Document Type: Article

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