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A decision pathway for the staged management of foot problems in diabetes mellitus

C A Patout1, J A Birke, W A Wilbright

  • 1Diabetes Foot Program, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Baton Rouge 70806, USA. cpatou@lsuhsc.edu

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
|December 26, 2001
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