Transplantation of lymph node fragments in a rabbit ear lymphedema model: A new method for restoring the lymphatic pathway

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 134-141

  Fu, Raiding ^a   Izquierdo, Ricardo ^a   Vandevender, Darl ^a   Warpeha, Raymond L ^a   Fareed, Jawed ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; RABBITS; REGENERATION;

EID: 0345404168     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199801000-00022     Document Type: Article

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