Local tissue water in at-risk and contralateral forearms of women with and without breast cancer treatment-related lymphedema

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 153-158

  Mayrovitz, Harvey N ^a   Weingrad, Daniel N ^b   Davey, Suzanne ^c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cancer Healthcare Associates   (United States)

^c Healing Hands of Lymphatics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER TREATMENT RELATED LYMPHEDEMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE WATER;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WATER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK; SKIN;

EID: 70449465419     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2009.0008     Document Type: Article

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