Experimental assessment of autologous lymph node transplantation as treatment of postsurgical lymphedema

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 777-786

  Johnston, Miles ^a   Tobbia, Dalia ^b   Semple, John ^b   Baker, Amy ^b   Dumont, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; IODINE 125; PROTEIN; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHAM PROCEDURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HINDLIMB; LYMPH; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MICROSURGERY; SHEEP; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 70349272986     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181b03787     Document Type: Article

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