Growth Factor Therapy and Autologous Lymph Node Transfer in Lymphedema
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Growth factor therapy and autologous lymph node transfer in lymphedema.
BACKGROUND Lymphedema after surgery, infection, or radiation therapy is a common and often incurable problem. Application of lymphangiogenic growth factors has been shown to induce lymphangiogenesis and to reduce tissue edema. The therapeutic effect of autologous lymph node transfer combined with adenoviral growth factor expression was evaluated in a newly established porcine model of limb lymp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.110.965384