Lymphoscintigraphic monitoring of the lower limb lymphatic system response to bone fracture and healing

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 137-145

  Szczesny, Grzegorz ^a,b   Olszewski, Waldemar L ^a   Gorecki, Andrzej ^b  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIGEN; NANOCOLL TC 99M; SCAVENGER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRAVASATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LEG FRACTURE; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOGRAPHY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 27744465423     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2005.3.137     Document Type: Article

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