Tissue-to-blood transport of radiolabelled immunoglobulin injected into the web spaces of the hands of normal subjects and patients with breast cancer-related lymphoedema

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-192

  Pain, S J ^a   Barber, R W ^a   Ballinger, J R ^a   Solanki, C K ^a   Mortimer, P S ^b   Purushotham, A D ^a   Peters, A M ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Breast cancer; In 111 immunoglobulin; Lymph flow; Lymphoedema; Tc 99m immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INDIUM 111; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SKIN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LYMPHEDEMA; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; TECHNETIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1842779842     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077289     Document Type: Article

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