Using thermal imaging to measure changes in breast cancer-related lymphoedema during reflexology
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Diagnosing breast cancer-related lymphoedema in the arm
Research Assistant; Russell Mellor is Research Assistant; Peter Mortimer is Professor of Dermatological Medicine, Division of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences (Dermatology); Rodney Levick is Professor of Physiology, Division of Basic Medical Sciences (Physiology) all at St George’s, University of London *These authors contributed equally to this work Lymphoedema of the arm is acknowledged as a ser...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Community Nursing
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1462-4753,2052-2215
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2020.25.sup10.s6