Confronting the Prevalence of Limb Amputation from Peripheral Artery Disease in Nigeria

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology 2018; 2(02): 95-96
DOI: 10.4103/AJIR.AJIR_8_18

Letter to Editor

Anas Ismail

Department of Radiology, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

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Abdulkadir Musa Tabari

Department of Radiology, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

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Isyaku Kabiru

Department of Radiology, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

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Nafiu Ahmed

Department of Radiology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

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