Transport in lymphatic capillaries. I. Macroscopic measurements using residence time distribution theory

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 1 39-1, 1996, Pages

  Swartz, Melody A ^b   Berk, David A ^b   Jain, Rakesh K ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

dextran; fluorescence microlymphography; lymphatic flow; lymphatic uptake; microcirculation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CAPILLARY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030051265     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.1.h324     Document Type: Article

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