Seroma fluid subsequent to axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer derives from an accumulation of afferent lymph

Immunology Letters

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-72

  Montalto, Erika ^a   Mangraviti, Salvatore ^b   Costa, Gregorio ^a   Carrega, Paolo ^b   Morandi, Barbara ^c   Pezzino, Gaetana ^a   Bonaccorsi, Irene ^a   Cancellieri, Antonino ^a   Mingari, Maria Cristina ^c,d   Mesiti, Mario ^a   Ferlazzo, Guido ^a   Melioli, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Interleukin 6; Lymph; Lymphadenectomy; Seroma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; AMYLASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN; CERULOPLASMIN; FERRITIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPH; LYMPH ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROMA;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LYMPH; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; SEROMA;

EID: 77954760892     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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