Water displacement leg volumetry in clinical studies - A discussion of error sources

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rabe, Eberhard ^a   Stücker, Markus ^b   Ottillinger, Bertram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c Ottillinger Life Sciences ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 76749088921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-5     Document Type: Article

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