Lower extremity lymphedema index: A simple method for severity evaluation of lower extremity lymphedema

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 637-640

  Yamamoto, Takumi ^a   Matsuda, Nana ^a   Todokoro, Takeshi ^a   Yoshimatsu, Hidehiko ^a   Narushima, Mitsunaga ^a   Mihara, Makoto ^a   Uchida, Gentaro ^a   Koshima, Isao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

body mass index; circumference; evaluation; lower extremity lymphedema; new index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 82655181299     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318208fd75     Document Type: Article

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