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Original Research

Can diabetic polyneuropathy and foot ulcers in patients with type 2 diabetes be accurately identified based on ICD-10 hospital diagnoses and drug prescriptions?

Diana Hedevang Christensen1 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark;2 International Diabetic Neuropathy Consortium, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Søren Tang Knudsen3 Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus (SDCA), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Sia Kromann Nicolaisen1 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Henning Andersen2 International Diabetic Neuropathy Consortium, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark;4 Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Brian Christopher Callaghan2 International Diabetic Neuropathy Consortium, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark;5 Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Nanna Brix Finnerup2 International Diabetic Neuropathy Consortium, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark;4 Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark;6 Department of Clinical Medicine, Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Troels Staehelin Jensen2 International Diabetic Neuropathy Consortium, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark;4 Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark;6 Department of Clinical Medicine, Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Reimar Wernich Thomsen1 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Pages 311-321 | Published online: 01 May 2019

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