Skin blood flow of the lymphedematous arm before and after liposuction

Lymphology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 165-172

  Brorson, H ^a   Svensson, Hakan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIPOSUCTION; LYMPHEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

AGED; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; SKIN;

EID: 0031416896     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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