Patient self-massage for breast cancer-related lymphoedema

Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Williams, Anne ^a  

^a Dalkeith ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decongestive Lymphatic Therapy (DLT); Lymphatic system; Lymphoedema; Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD); Simple lymphatic drainage (SLD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745490933     PISSN: 02634465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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