Lymphatic clearance of the human skin in patients with acute deep vein thrombosis using a novel fluorescent technique

Lymphology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 127-131

  Husmann, M J ^a   Simon, R ^a   Kovacevic, T ^a   Gitzelmann, G ^a   Koppensteiner, R ^a   Amann Vesti, Beatrice R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Fluorescence densitometry; Lymphatic clearance; Lymphatic pressure; Microlymphography

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FLUORESCENCE; FOOT; HUMAN; INTRALYMPHATIC PRESSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIMB SWELLING; LYMPHATIC CLEARANCE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

ADULT; AGED; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LYMPH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; SKIN; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33749021910     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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