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Can Measuring Levels Of Serum Adhesion Proteins Replace The Ankle Brachial Index In The Fight Against Peripheral Artery Disease?, Mark K. Massey
Can Measuring Levels Of Serum Adhesion Proteins Replace The Ankle Brachial Index In The Fight Against Peripheral Artery Disease?, Mark K. Massey
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If you knew that you were going to have one of both of your legs amputated due to a preventable medical condition in the future, then any sane person would want to find a way of preventing such a disabling and life changing event. Currently peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a growing threat to health in modern times, which can lead to the situation mentioned above. Due to diet and lifestyle risk factors, PAD incidence has increased as the world has become more developed.1 Mankind is unlikely to stop its march onward towards ever more developed states of living, which …