Anatomy of the Lymphatics

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Skandalakis, John E ^a   Skandalakis, Lee J ^a   Skandalakis, Panagiotis N ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER MODEL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; THORACIC DUCT;

EID: 33847271652     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2006.10.006     Document Type: Review

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