Quality of life analysis in patients with lower limb ischaemia: Suggestions for European standardisation

I.C. Chetter1, J.I. Spark1, P. Dolan2, D.J.A. Scott1, R.C. Kester1
1Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery St James and Seacroft University Hospitals, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, U.K.
2Department of Economics, 10th Floor Claremont Tower, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, E1 7RU, U.K.

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