Epidemiology of limb loss.

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Published in Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am on February 01, 2014

Authors

Priya Varma1, Margaret G Stineman, Timothy R Dillingham

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pennsylvania, 1800 Lombard Street, 1st floor, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA.

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