Diabetes, Lower-Extremity Amputation, and Death
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Diabetes, lower-extremity amputation, and death.
OBJECTIVE The goal of the study was to determine whether complications of diabetes well-known to be associated with death such as cardiovascular disease and renal failure fully explain the higher rate of death in those who have undergone a lower-extremity amputation (LEA). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This was a longitudinal cohort study of patients cared for in the Health Improvement Network....
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes Care
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0149-5992,1935-5548
DOI: 10.2337/dc15-0536