Lymphedema: An immunologically vulnerable site for development of neoplasms

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 124-127

  Ruocco, Vincenzo ^a   Schwartz, Robert A ^b   Ruocco, Eleonora ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INFECTION; INJURY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHEDEMA; MILROY DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SICKNESS; SHORT SURVEY; STEWART TREVES SYNDROME; SYNDROME; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 0036657496     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.120909     Document Type: Article

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