Breast cancer-related chronic arm lymphedema is associated with excess adipose and muscle tissue

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-10

  Brorson, Håkan ^a,b   Ohlin, Karin ^a   Olsson, Gaby ^a   Karlsson, Magnus K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARM LYMPHEDEMA; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPOSUCTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE TISSUE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARM; BONE AND BONES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 62949173627     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2008.1022     Document Type: Article

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