Arm morbidity after axillary dissection for breast cancer;Armmorbiditet efter aksildissektion for cancer mammae

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 163, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 3356-3359

  Stahlberg, Claudia I ^a,b   Jørgensen, Torben ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ARM; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035844812     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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