Negative pressure in pharyngo-oral cavity can treat lymphedema and related disorders

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 886-887

  Fang, Yunhai ^a,b   He, Yuxiang ^a   Liu, Zhiyu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong Blood Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHEDEMA; MOUTH CAVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALDEYER RING;

BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; CHYLOUS ASCITES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOUTH; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39849084642     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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