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Screening to identify individuals at high risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers

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boxed-textLavery LA et al. (2008) Reevaluating the way we classify the diabetic foot: restructuring the diabetic foot risk classification system of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot. Diabetes Care 31: 154–156

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  1. Foot Ulcer Trials Unit, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK wjeffcoate@futu.co.uk

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  1. Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, WJ Jeffcoate is a Consultant Endocrinologist in the Foot Ulcer Trials Unit, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham, UK.,

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