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Edema

Known as: SWELLING, oedematous, interstitial edema 
Abnormal fluid accumulation in TISSUES or body cavities. Most cases of edema are present under the SKIN in SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE.
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Cardiovascular Diseasesabnormal secretion

Narrower (8)

Edema of foot (finding)Edema of the upper limbsLeg edemaMacular Edema, Cystoid

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
The Impact of High Resolution Imaging on Diagnosis
Editor’s Note Pictorial representation of a subject enhances understanding. Graphical thinking enhances an individual’s memory… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
UV irradiation-induced shell cross-linked micelles with pH-responsive cores using ABC triblock copolymers
A triblock copolymer, poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(glycerol monomethacrylate)-b-poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PEG… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Gastrointestinal findings in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis.
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a condition that has been proposed as a clinical entity only fairly… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Lymphoscintigraphy with Tc-99m-labeled dextran.
Current agents for lymphoscintigraphy have limitations because of slow migration of the colloidal tracers from the injection site… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Serum albumin and transferrin protein-energy malnutrition. Their use in the assessment of marginal undernutrition and the prognosis of severe undernutrition.
1. Deficits in weight- and length-for-age, and serum albumin and transferrin concentrations were determined for children who were… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Studies on the pathogenesis of cell injury: effects of inhibitors of metabolism and membrane function on the mitochondria of Ehrlich ascites tumor cells.
The effects of cell injury on Ehrlich ascites tumor cell mitochondria were studied using two model injuries: (1) interference… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Observations on radiation myelopathy.
Three cases of radiation myelopathy are reported. Corticosteroid therapy was associated with worth-while remissions in 2 patients… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Studies on the pathogenesis of ischemic cell injury
SummaryMitochondria isolated from rat kidney subject to in vitro ischemia at various time intervals demonstrated a continuous… 
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
Inhibition by various substances of oedema formation in the bind-paw of the rat induced by 5-hydroxytryptamine, histamine, dextran, egg-white and compound 48/80.
Of the substances studied for their inhibitory action of the oedema formation in the hind-paw of the rat, the most active was a… 
Highly Cited
1946
Highly Cited
1946
The production and removal of oedema fluid in the lung after exposure to carbonyl chloride (phosgene)
Many investigations into the effects of exposure to irritant gases were-made during the 1914-18 war (Dunn, 1918; The Official…