Effective treatment of lymphedema of the extremities.

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Published in Arch Surg on April 01, 1998

Authors

D S Ko1, R Lerner, G Klose, A B Cosimi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA.

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