Impaired lymphatic clearance and pro-inflammatory cytokines in mechanically loaded tissue : implications in pressure ulcer aetiology

Despite lymphatic function regularly being proposed as one of the causative mechanisms in the development of pressure ulcers, there has been a paucity of research regarding the effect of compression on lymphatic function in human tissues. This has motivated the present work, which has developed and...

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Main Author: Gray, Robert James
Other Authors: Bader, Daniel ; Voegeli, David
Published: University of Southampton 2017
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.741681