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. 2019 Sep 3;191(35):E953-E954.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.191064.

Sounding the alarm on rising diabetes-related amputations

Bruce A Perkins  1
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Sounding the alarm on rising diabetes-related amputations

Bruce A Perkins. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Bruce Perkins reports receiving personal fees from Medtronic, Lilly, Abbott, Novo Nordisk, Insulet, Sanofi, Janssen and Boehringer Ingelheim, as well as grants from the Bank of Montreal and Boehringer Ingelheim, all outside the scope of the submitted work except for the relationships with Janssen and Boehringer Ingelheim, which are manufacturers of pharmaceuticals discussed in this article.

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