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Laboratory/Imaging Diagnosis: General Guidelines

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The perfect diagnostic method employed for any disease evaluation should provide good anatomical definition, relevant pathophysiological information, be non-invasive, and must be reproducible, offering reliable data on evolution and treatment. As for most human diseases, there are many different diagnostic methods to study lymphatic insufficiency, all of them with their advantages and disadvantages, all of them fulfilling specific aspects regarding investigation of lymphatic disorders, but none of them possessing all of the required features to be considered ideal.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

    Mauro Andrade

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  1. George Washington University, Washington D.C, Washington, USA

    Byung-Boong Lee

  2. School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92037, California, USA

    John Bergan

  3. Falk Cardiovascular Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, 94305, USA

    Stanley G. Rockson

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Andrade, M. (2011). Laboratory/Imaging Diagnosis: General Guidelines. In: Lee, BB., Bergan, J., Rockson, S. (eds) Lymphedema. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-567-5_18

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