Epidemiology of diabetes-related lower extremity amputations in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Spain)

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Aragón Sánchez, Javier ^a   García Rojas, Amos ^b   Lázaro Martínez, Jose L ^c   Quintana Marrero, Yurena ^a   Maynar Moliner, Manuel ^d,e   Rabellino, Martín ^d   Hernández Herrero, María J ^a   Cabrera Galván, Juan J ^a,e  

^a La Paloma Hospital   (Spain)

^b Canarian Health Service   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Grupo Hospiten   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot; Foot ulcer; Lower extremity amputation; Peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN;

EID: 69849093725     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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