Aetiology of secondary lymphoedema of oncologic origin;Ätiologie sekundärer lymphödeme onkologischer genese

Phlebologie

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 117-126

  Neuhuttler S ^a   Kroll A ^a   Brenner, Erich ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lymphoedema; Oncology

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; OVARY CANCER; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER;

EID: 33847355192     PISSN: 0939978X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1622140     Document Type: Review

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