Lymphedema

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 88-95

  Hafez, Hany M ^a   Wolfe, John H N ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRONE DERIVATIVE;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0030007436     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02002347     Document Type: Article

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