The composition of serous fluid after axillary dissection

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-13

  Bonnema, Jorien ^a,b   Ligtenstein, David A ^a   Wiggers, Theo ^a,b   Van Geel, Albert N ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Zuiderziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Breast cancer; Composition of drainage fluid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 GLOBULIN; ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; BETA GLOBULIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BODY FLUID; CANCER STAGING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MASTECTOMY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SECRETION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032797470     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241599750007441     Document Type: Article

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