Flow velocity of single lymphatic capillaries in human skin

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

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

  Fischer, Matthias ^a   Franzeck, Ulrich K ^a   Herrig, Ines ^a   Costanzo, Umberto ^a   Wen, Shenghua ^a   Schiesser, Monika ^a   Hoffmann, Ulrich ^a   Bollinger, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

fluorescence microlymphography; microcirculation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CAPILLARY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030063299     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.1.h358     Document Type: Article

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