Skin Vasomotor Reflexes during Inspiratory Gasp: Standardization by Spirometric Control Does Not Improve Reproducibility

International Journal of Microcirculation-Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 86-92

  du Buf Vereijken, P W G ^a   Netten, P W ^a   Wollersheim, H ^a   Festen, J ^b   Thien, T ^a  

^a Division of General Internal Medicine   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inspiratory gasp; Laser Doppler fluxmetry; Skin vasomotor reflexes

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPIROMETRY; STANDARD; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPIROMETRY; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0031087343     PISSN: 01676865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000179212     Document Type: Article

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