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Diabetic foot screening: study of a 3000 times cheaper instrument

Maria Candida Ribeiro Parisi, Daniel Giannella, Tulio Diniz Fernandes, Karla Freire Rezende, Marcia Nery I Endocrinology Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil. II Gastroenterology Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil. III Orthopaedic Department, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil. IV Medical Specialties C...

Pragmatic Regulation in Dangerous Times

The diabetic Charcot foot.

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Stage 0: later added, describes the Inflammation phase, characterHistory and Etiology The earliest record of neuropathic arthropathy includes Sir William Musgrave in 1703 contributing this disease process to a complication of venereal disease. Later on, the term “Charcot Foot” was formed after the accounts of Jean-Martin Charcot in the 1880s, as he noted neuropathic arthropathy among his patien...

The diabetic foot.

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