A standardized bedside test for assessment of peripheral sympathetic nervous function using laser Doppler flowmetry

Microvascular Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-170

  Schürmann, Matthias ^a   Gradl, Georg ^a   Fürst, Heinrich ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

DUDLEYA EDULIS;

EID: 0030250262     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1996.0051     Document Type: Article

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