Regional distribution of epifascial swelling and epifascial lymph drainage rate constants in breast cancer-related lymphedema

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-15

  Modi, Stephanie ^a   Stanton, Anthony W B ^a   Mellor, Russell H ^a   Peters, A Michael ^b   Levick, J Rodney ^a   Mortimer, Peter S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 15944407967     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2005.3.3     Document Type: Article

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