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A male’s foot is being shot by an ulcer, not a gunshot! The magnitude and associated factors of diabetic foot ulcer among diabetes mellitus patients on chronic care follow-up of southwestern Ethiopian hospital: A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the main complications of diabetes mellitus associated with major morbidity and mortality. DFU is the major cause of infection and lower extremity amputations in diabetic patients. Despite this, there was a scanty finding on associated factors of foot...

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Autores principales: Bekele, Firomsa, Kelifa, Fuad, Sefera, Birbirsa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9289305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35860152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104003