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Challenges in diabetic foot treatment during pandemic of COVID-19

Haris Vukas, Dragan Piljic, Samra Kadić-Vukas and Dilista Piljic
Saudi Medical Journal February 2021, 42 (2) 166-169; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.2.25687
Haris Vukas
From the Department of Vascular Surgery (Vukas), from the Department of Neurology (Kadić-Vukas), Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Zenica; from the Department of Vascular Surgery (Dragan Piljic), Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, and from the Intensive Care (Dilista Piljic), University Clinical Center Tuzla, Clinic of Infective Disease, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Dragan Piljic
From the Department of Vascular Surgery (Vukas), from the Department of Neurology (Kadić-Vukas), Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Zenica; from the Department of Vascular Surgery (Dragan Piljic), Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, and from the Intensive Care (Dilista Piljic), University Clinical Center Tuzla, Clinic of Infective Disease, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Samra Kadić-Vukas
From the Department of Vascular Surgery (Vukas), from the Department of Neurology (Kadić-Vukas), Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Zenica; from the Department of Vascular Surgery (Dragan Piljic), Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, and from the Intensive Care (Dilista Piljic), University Clinical Center Tuzla, Clinic of Infective Disease, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Dilista Piljic
From the Department of Vascular Surgery (Vukas), from the Department of Neurology (Kadić-Vukas), Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Zenica; from the Department of Vascular Surgery (Dragan Piljic), Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, and from the Intensive Care (Dilista Piljic), University Clinical Center Tuzla, Clinic of Infective Disease, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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