Vaccines and risk of lymphoedema: A case report of a breast cancer patient

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 404-406

  Lee, Teresa Sze Mun ^a   Baumgart, Karl W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DOUGLASS HANLY MOIR PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Lymphodema; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; VACCINATION;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; VACCINATION;

EID: 84865083730     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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