Diseases of the lymphatic circulation

Vascular Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 843-858

  Rockson, Stanley G ^a,b   Cooke, John P ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-0284-4.50066-X     Document Type: Chapter

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