Diabetic foot screening: Study of a 3000 times cheaper instrument

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1105-1107

  Parisi, Maria Candida Ribeiro ^a   Giannella, Daniel ^a   Fernandes, Tulio Diniz ^a   Rezende, Karla Freire ^b   Nery, Marcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de Sergipe   (Brazil)

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EID: 79961164613     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000600032     Document Type: Article

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