Leukocytosis is a poor indicator of acute osteomyelitis of the foot in diabetes mellitus
β Scribed by David G. Armstrong; Lawrence A. Lavery; Monal Sariaya; Hisham Ashry
- Book ID
- 114353208
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 653 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1067-2516
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