The epidemiology of diabetic limb sepsis: an African perspective.

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Published in Diabet Med on November 01, 2002

Authors

Z G Abbas1, G V Gill, L K Archibald

Author Affiliations

1: Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.

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