Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 219-224 , November 2009

Assessment of risk factors in diabetic foot ulceration and their impact on the outcome of the disease

Received 25 April 2009 ,Revised 7 August 2009 ,Accepted 14 August 2009.

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Primary Care Diabetes
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