Focused review: Postmastectomy lymphedema

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Brennan, Michael J ^a   DePompolo, Robert W ^b   Garden, Fae H ^c  

^a Rehab Center of Fairfield County   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASSAGE; MASTECTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PHYSICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0029863329     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9993(96)90248-8     Document Type: Review

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