Fluorescence microlymphography: Diagnostic potential in lymphedema and basis for the measurement of lymphatic pressure and flow velocity

Lymphology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 52-62

  Bollinger, A ^a   Amann Vesti, Beatrice R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microlymphography; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphatic flow velocity; Lymphatic pressure; Lymphatics; Lymphedema; Microangiopathy; Milroy disease

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FABRY DISEASE; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROLYMPHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MEASUREMENT; MICROANEURYSM; MICROMANIPULATOR; MICROPIPETTE; MICROVASCULATURE; MILROY DISEASE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547855840     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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