Management of Primary and Secondary Lymphedema: Analysis of 225 Referrals to a Center

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 197-200

  Maclellan, Reid A ^a   Couto, Rafael A ^a   Sullivan, Jorie E ^a   Grant, Frederick D ^a   Slavin, Sumner A ^a   Greene, Arin K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

center; diagnosis; extremity; lymphedema; primary; program; referral; secondary; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937967254     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000000022     Document Type: Article

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