Lower-extremity lymphedema and elevated body-mass index

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2136-2137

  Greene, Arin K ^a   Grant, Frederick D ^a   Slavin, Sumner A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LETTER; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84861653413     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1201684     Document Type: Letter

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