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. 2020 Jul;14(4):764-766.
doi: 10.1177/1932296820930290. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

Post the Pandemic: How will COVID-19 Transform Diabetic Foot Disease Management?

Bijan Najafi  1
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Post the Pandemic: How will COVID-19 Transform Diabetic Foot Disease Management?

Bijan Najafi. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; diabetic foot syndrome; diabetic foot ulcer; digital health; hospital-at-home; remote patient monitoring; telehealth; telemedicine.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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