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A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions to enhance the healing of chronic ulcers of the foot in diabetes

  1. R. J. Hinchliffe1,2,
  2. G. D. Valk3,
  3. J. Apelqvist4,
  4. D. G. Armstrong5,
  5. K. Bakker6,
  6. F. L. Game2,
  7. A. Hartemann-Heurtier7,
  8. M. Löndahl8,
  9. P. E. Price9,
  10. W. H. van Houtum10,
  11. W. J. Jeffcoate2,*

Article first published online: 29 APR 2008

DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.825

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Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Supplement: The Diabetic Foot: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Diabetic Foot, 9–12 May 2007, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands

Volume 24, Issue Supplement 1, pages S119–S144, May/June 2008

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Hinchliffe, R. J., Valk, G. D., Apelqvist, J., Armstrong, D. G., Bakker, K., Game, F. L., Hartemann-Heurtier, A., Löndahl, M., Price, P. E., van Houtum, W. H. and Jeffcoate, W. J. (2008), A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions to enhance the healing of chronic ulcers of the foot in diabetes. Diabetes Metab. Res. Rev., 24: S119–S144. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.825

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  1. 1

    Department of Vascular Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Nottingham, UK

  2. 2

    Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Nottingham, UK

  3. 3

    Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  4. 4

    Department of Endocrinology, University of Malmö, Malmö, Sweden

  5. 5

    Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago, USA

  6. 6

    IWGDF, Heemstede, The Netherlands

  7. 7

    Service de Diabétologie et Métabolisme, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

  8. 8

    Department of Internal Medicine, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden

  9. 9

    Department of Wound Healing, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

  10. 10

    Department of Internal Medicine, Spaarne Hospital, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands

*Foot Ulcer Trials Unit, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK.

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  1. Issue published online: 29 APR 2008
  2. Article first published online: 29 APR 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 11 JAN 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 9 OCT 2007

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