New clinical and laboratory staging systems to improve management of chronic lymphedema

Lymphology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 122-129

  Lee, B B ^a,d   Bergan, J J ^b,c  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LYMPHEDEMA; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27744484695     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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