Lymphedema: A therapeutic approach in the treatment and rehabilitation of cancer patients

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL.5, 2011, Pages

  Korpan, Marta I ^a   Crevenna, Richard ^a   Fialka Moser, Veronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Compression Therapy; Lymphedema; Manual Lymphatic Drainage; Patient Education

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION BANDAGE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

COMPRESSION BANDAGES; DRAINAGE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; NEOPLASMS; SKIN CARE;

EID: 79955027299     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31820be160     Document Type: Review

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