Lymphoedema: Pathophysiology and management in resource-poor settings - Relevance for lymphatic filariasis control programmes

Filaria Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Vaqas, Babar ^a   Ryan, Terence J ^b  

^a NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxford Center for Health Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BANDAGE; BODY MOVEMENT; BREATHING EXERCISE; EPIDERMIS; FILARIASIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LIMB MOVEMENT; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN PENETRATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

EID: 2942572870     PISSN: 14752883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-2-4     Document Type: Review

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