Amputation and ambulation in diabetic patients: Function is the goal

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Diabetes/Metabolism Research Reviews

• Publication date

  2012-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1002/dmrr.2236PMID 22271731
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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