Pearls and pitfalls of radionuclide imaging of the lymphatic system. Part 2: Evaluation of extremity lymphoedema

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 951, 2007, Pages 219-226

  Scarsbrook, A F ^a   Ganeshan, A ^a   Bradley, Kevin M ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMONY TECHNETIUM SULFIDE TC 99M; BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TRACER;

ANAMNESIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG UPTAKE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFECTION; LIMB DISEASE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MASSAGE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANKLE; GROIN; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA;

EID: 34347263026     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/68256780     Document Type: Review

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