B-type natriuretic peptide in lymphedema

Lymphology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Todd, Jacquelyne ^a   Austwick, T ^a   Berridge, D ^a   Tan, L B ^a   Barth, J H ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B type natriuretic peptide (BNP); Cardiac edema; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIMB SWELLING; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN;

EID: 79959621217     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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