Comment on: Bernstein. Reducing foot wounds in diabetes. Diabetes care 2013;36:e48

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Morbach, Stephan ^a   Icks, Andrea ^b   Rümenapf, Gerhard ^c   Armstrong, David G ^d  

^a Marienkrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Diakonissen Stiftungs Krankenhaus Speyer   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLOSITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; SKIN ULCER;

DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84875416806     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-2335     Document Type: Letter

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