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All-Cause Mortality After Diabetes-Related Amputation in Barbados: A prospective case-control study

OBJECTIVE—To determine the mortality rate after diabetes-related lower-extremity amputation (LEA) in an African-descent Caribbean population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We conducted a prospective case-control study. We recruited case subjects (with diabetes and LEA) and age-matched control subjects...

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Autores principales: Hambleton, Ian R., Jonnalagadda, Ramesh, Davis, Christopher R., Fraser, Henry S., Chaturvedi, Nish, Hennis, Anselm J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18984775
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc08-1504