Risk factors of diabetic foot in central Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 708-713

  Abolfotouh, Mostafa A ^a,c   Alfaif, Salem A ^a,c   Al Gannas, Abdulaziz S ^b,c  

^a Department of Biobanking ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79960718235     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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