Diabetic foot screening: study of a 3000 times cheaper instrument
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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 Centre of Aracaju-CEMAR, Endocrinology Unit, Universidade de Sergipe, SE, Brazil.
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