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Self-Care for Management of Secondary Lymphedema: A Systematic Review

BACKGROUND: Lymphedema is a debilitating and disfiguring sequela of an overwhelmed lymphatic system. The most common causes of secondary lymphedema are lymphatic filariasis (LF), a vector-borne, parasitic disease endemic in 73 tropical countries, and treatment for cancer in developed countries. Lymp...

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Autores principales: Douglass, Janet, Graves, Patricia, Gordon, Susan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27275844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004740