Where do lymph and tissue fluid accumulate in lymphedema of the lower limbs caused by obliteration of lymphatic collectors?

Lymphology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 105-111

  Olszewski, Walderman L ^a,b,c   Jain, P ^d   Ambujam, G ^d   Zaleska, M ^a   Cakala, M ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b CENTRAL CLINICAL HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Edema; Histology; Limbs; Lymph; Lymphedema; Tissue fluid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCIA; FOOT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRADIATION; LEG; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE WATER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LYMPH; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKIN;

EID: 70350714722     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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