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. 1965 Nov;162(5):886–892. doi: 10.1097/00000658-196511000-00012

Review of Criteria for the Selection of the Level for Lower Extremity Amputation for Arteriosclerosis. *

LeRoy H Stahlgren, Merlin Otteman
PMCID: PMC1476992  PMID: 17859794

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