Measurement of lymphedema using ultrasonography with the compression method

Lymphology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 72-81

  Lim, C Y ^a   Seo, H G ^a   Kim, K ^a   Chung, S G ^a   Seo, Kwan Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lymphedema; Resistance to compression; Soft tissue; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOREARM; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 80054102833     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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