## Summary Treatment of diabetic foot ulceration is very challenging, costly and often needs to be of long duration. This leads to substantial economic burden. Populationβbased research suggests that a meaningful reduction of the incidence of amputations caused by diabetes mellitus has already been
Microvascular dysfunction in diabetic foot disease and ulceration
β Scribed by Clare Y. L. Chao; Gladys L. Y. Cheing
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 252 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1520-7552
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