The frequency of lymphoedema of the arm in patients treated for breast cancer. A cross-sectional study in Ribe Amt;Lymfødem hos patienter behandlet for brystkræft: En tvœrsnitsundersøgelse i Ribe Amt. Behovet for manuel lymfedrœnage; risikofaktorer

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 161, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3293-3298

  Enig, Bent ^a   Mogensen, Marianne ^b   Jørgensen, Randi Juhl ^b  

^a ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENMARK; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033620522     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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