Enhanced cutaneous lymphatic network in the forearms of women with postmastectomy oedema

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 501-512

  Mellor, R H ^a   Stanton, A W B ^a   Azarbod, P ^a   Sherman, M D ^a   Levick, J R ^a   Mortimer, P S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphatic; Lymphoedema; Postmastectomy; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STEREOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOREARM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0034507392     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054083     Document Type: Article

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