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Reducing the incidence of foot ulceration and amputation in diabetes

✍ Scribed by Cynthia L. Bartus; David J. Margolis

Book ID: 107536101
Publisher: Current Science Inc.
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 298 KB
Volume: 4
Category: Article
ISSN: 1534-4827
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-004-0049-x

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