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Clinical Overview: Diagnosis and Management

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There are about 120 million people at risk for and 70 million people who have established lymphatic filariasis, of which 40 million are suffering from lymphedema; thus, it is very important for medical, paramedic, and health planners to understand this disease and to provide morbidity control including surgery for these unfortunate patients. The World Health Organization is working toward elimination of lymphatic filariasis by 2020.

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I acknowledge Dr. Leela Praveen Kumar for helping me in bringing out the chapter succesfully.

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  1. Senior Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon & Lymphologist, Apollo Hospitals, 21, Greams Road, Chennai, India

    Gurusamy Manokaran MS, MCh

  2. Past President “International Society of Lymphology”, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Gurusamy Manokaran MS, MCh

  3. Honorary Associate Prof. Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Gurusamy Manokaran MS, MCh

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  1. Center for the Lymphedema and Vascular Malformations, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Byung-Boong Lee

  2. Falk Cardiovascular Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

    Stanley G. Rockson

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Manokaran, G. (2018). Clinical Overview: Diagnosis and Management. In: Lee, BB., Rockson, S., Bergan, J. (eds) Lymphedema. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52423-8_68

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