Can a practicing surgeon detect early lymphedema reliably?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 509-513

  Bland, Keiva L ^a   Perczyk, Rebecca ^a   Du, Wei ^a,b   Rymal, Christine ^a,b   Koppolu, Prathima ^a   McCrary, Ruthie ^a   Carolin, Kathryn A ^a,b   Kosir, Mary Ann ^a,b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumference; Lymphedema; Measurements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; STANDARD;

EID: 0242329865     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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