Peripheral edema

American Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1721-1726

  Powell, Angela A ^a   Armstrong, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HORMONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARM EDEMA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDEMA; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LIPODYSTROPHY; LYMPHEDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA;

EID: 0030938024     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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