Ultrasonographic and thermographic screening for latent inflammation in diabetic foot callus

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-309

  Nishide, Kaoru ^a,b   Nagase, Takashi ^a   Oba, Miho ^a   Oe, Makoto ^a   Ohashi, Yumiko ^c   Iizaka, Shinji ^a   Nakagami, Gojiro ^a   Kadowaki, Takashi ^a   Sanada, Hiromi ^a  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Callus; Diabetic foot ulcer; Thermography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPTOM; THERMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BODY MASS INDEX; BONY CALLUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THERMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 68249089774     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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