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Diabetic foot ulcers: a quality of life issue
β Scribed by Loretta Vileikyte
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 54 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1520-7552
- DOI
- 10.1002/dmrr.216
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