An investigation into variability in microvascular skin blood flow and the responses to transdermal delivery of acetylcholine at different sites in the forearm and hand

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-397

  Gardner Medwin, Janet M ^a,c   Taylor, J Y ^a   Macdonald, I A ^a   Powell, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Dermal microcirculation; Iontophoresis; Laser Doppler fluxmetry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030904896     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1997.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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