Education Level Among Patients with Major Limb Amputation
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Improving the level of amputation of the lower extremity after therapeutic endovascular intervention for patients with critical limb ischemia
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عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.7673