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Indocyanine Green (ICG) Lymphography Is Superior to Lymphoscintigraphy for Diagnostic Imaging of Early Lymphedema of the Upper Limbs

BACKGROUND: Secondary lymphedema causes swelling in limbs due to lymph retention following lymph node dissection in cancer therapy. Initiation of treatment soon after appearance of edema is very important, but there is no method for early diagnosis of lymphedema. In this study, we compared the utili...

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Autores principales: Mihara, Makoto, Hara, Hisako, Araki, Jun, Kikuchi, Kazuki, Narushima, Mitsunaga, Yamamoto, Takumi, Iida, Takuya, Yoshimatsu, Hidehiko, Murai, Noriyuki, Mitsui, Kito, Okitsu, Taro, Koshima, Isao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3366958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22675520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038182