Functional variation in lymph node arrangements within the axilla

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-144

  Peters, A Michael ^a   Fowler, J Charlotte ^a   Britton, T Bennett ^a   Solanki, Chandra K ^a   Ballinger, James R ^a   Ravichandran, Duraisamy ^b   Mortimer, Peter S ^c   Purushotham, Arnie D ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INDIUM 111; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOASSAY;

AXILLA; BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; INJECTIONS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 70449507971     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2008.1021     Document Type: Article

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