Treatment of lymphedema by complex physical therapy, with and without oral and topical benzopyrones: What should therapists and patients expect

Lymphology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 76-82

  Casley Smith, J R ^a   Casley Smith, Judith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN; MONOXERUTIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LEG EXERCISE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARM; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COUMARINS; HUMANS; HYDROXYETHYLRUTOSIDE; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029937102     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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