Segmental limb volume change as a predictor of the onset of lymphedema in women with early breast cancer

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Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1098-1105

  Stout, Nicole L ^a   Pfalzer, Lucinda A ^b   Levy, Ellen ^c   McGarvey, Charles ^d   Springer, Barbara ^e   Gerber, Lynn H ^f   Soballe, Peter ^a,g  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d CLM Consulting Rockville   (United States)

^e Virginia Office of the Surgeon General   (United States)

^f GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84155163168     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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