Validation of a new technique for the quantitation of edema in the experimental setting

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 153-158

  Pan, Da ^a   Han, Jennifer ^a   Wilburn, Paul ^a   Rockson, Stanley G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY VOLUMETRY; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY; WATER DISPLACEMENT VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIL;

EID: 33846105829     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2006.4.153     Document Type: Article

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