Feasibility of a thermographic method for early detection of foot disorders in diabetes

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 663-667

  Roback, K ^a   Johansson, M ^b   Starkhammar, A ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT CARE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIABETIC FOOT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70350776518     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2009.0053     Document Type: Article

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