Lower-extremity lymphangiomatosis: A case report with a seventeen-year follow-up

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 162-167

  Schultz, Karl ^a   Rosenberg, Andrew E ^a   Ebb, David H ^a   Mankin, Henry J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CELECOXIB; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLUID BALANCE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; MYALGIA; OSSEOUS LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 11844258734     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.01892     Document Type: Article

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