Phlebolymphoedema/chronic venous lymphatic insufficiency: An introduction to strategies for detection, differentiation and treatment

Phlebology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 51-55

  Piller, Neil ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOIMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CHRONIC VENOUS LYMPHATIC INSUFFICIENCY; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE; FLUID TRANSPORT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLUID; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PHLEBOLYMPHOEDEMA; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKINFOLD; SPECTROSCOPY; STAGING; SWELLING; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 66349105449     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2009.009003     Document Type: Review

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