Correlation between bioelectrical spectroscopy and perometry in assessment of upper extremity swelling

Lymphology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-94

  Jain, Minal S ^a   Danoff, J V ^b   Paul, S M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical spectroscopy; Bioimpedance; Breast cancer; Lymphedema; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRICAL SPECTROSCOPY; BODY FLUID; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LYMPHEDEMA; PEROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; VOLUMETRY; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77955459864     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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