Contractile physiology of lymphatics

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-96

  Zawieja, David C ^a  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FILARIASIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIPID METABOLISM; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; THORACIC DUCT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LYMPH; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

EID: 67650848377     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2009.0007     Document Type: Review

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