Changes in the incidence of lower extremity amputations in individuals with and without diabetes in England between 2004 and 2008

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2592-2597

  Vamos, Eszter P ^a   Bottle, Alex ^a   Edmonds, Michael E ^b   Valabhji, Jonathan ^c   Majeed, Azeem ^a   Millett, Christopher ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951705985     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-0989     Document Type: Article

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