The diabetic hand: Prevalence among a sample of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 patients in Almouassat and Alassad Damascus University Hospitals


Abstract in English

To study the prevalence of the diabetic hand in a group of type 2 diabetics, comparing to age- sex matched non-diabetics control group, and to investigate clinical features among diabetics with or without the diabetic hand.

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