The costs of diabetic foot: The economic case for the limb salvage team

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 335-341

  Driver, Vickie R ^a   Fabbi, Matteo ^a   Lavery, Lawrence A ^b   Gibbons, Gary ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650279613     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/1000335     Document Type: Article

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