A study of high frequency ultrasound to assess cutaneous oedema in conservatively managed breast

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2002, Pages 121-127

  Wratten, C ^a   Kilmurray, J ^a   Wright, S ^a   O'Brien, P ^a   Back, M ^a   Hamilton, C ^a   Denham, J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0036134199     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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