A key to understanding postoperative lymphoedema: A study on the evolution and consistency of oedema of the arm using ultrasound imaging

Breast

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-230

  van der Veen, Ph ^a   Vermeiren, K ^a   Von Kemp, K ^a   Lamote, J ^a   Sacre, R ^a   Lievens, P ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FASCIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOREARM; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PARAMETER; PERIMETER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SKINFOLD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THICKNESS;

EID: 0034984104     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/brst.2000.0256     Document Type: Article

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