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Epidemiology/Health Services Research
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Nationwide trends in the epidemiology of diabetic foot complications and lower-extremity amputation over an 8-year period

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  • Cheng-Wei Lin Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Main Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David G Armstrong Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chia-Hung Lin Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Main Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Pi-Hua Liu Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Main Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shih-Yuan Hung Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Main Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shu-Ru Lee Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chung-Huei Huang Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Main Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yu-Yao Huang Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Main Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan Department of Medical Nutrition Therapy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Main Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Yu-Yao Huang; yyh{at}cgmh.org.tw
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Lin C, Armstrong DG, Lin C, et al
Nationwide trends in the epidemiology of diabetic foot complications and lower-extremity amputation over an 8-year period
BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care 2019;7:e000795. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000795

Publication history

  • Received July 31, 2019
  • Revised September 12, 2019
  • Accepted September 24, 2019
  • First published October 11, 2019.
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October 11, 2019

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