A noninvasive computerized tail-cuff system for measuring blood pressure in mice

Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1111-1115

  Krege, John H ^a   Hodgin, Jeffrey B ^a   Hagaman, John R ^a   Smithies, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure determination, noninvasive; genetics; mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; HYPERTENSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TAIL;

EID: 0029006463     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.25.5.1111     Document Type: Article

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