Lower extremity lymphedema. Update: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment guidelines

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 324-331

  Kerchner, Katherine ^a   Fleischer, Anne ^a   Yosipovitch, Gil ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; COUMARIN; DIURETIC AGENT; PENICILLIN V; SALICYLIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION GARMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYSIPELAS; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LOWER EXTREMITY LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CARE;

HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHEDEMA; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 47049096244     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.04.013     Document Type: Review

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