Treatment of diabetic foot for limb salvage
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Limb salvage in severe diabetic foot infection.
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عنوان ژورنال: Vascular Diseases and Therapeutics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2399-7400
DOI: 10.15761/vdt.1000151