A comparison of four diagnostic criteria for lymphedema in a post-breast cancer population

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 208-217

  Armer, Jane M ^a   Stewart, Bob R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; SURVIVORS;

EID: 30944440019     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2005.3.208     Document Type: Article

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