Skin Blood Flow during Vasoconstrictive and Vasodilative Stimuli in Essential Hypertension Patients: A Laser Doppler Flowmetry Study

International Journal of Microcirculation-Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 80-85

  Catalano, Mariella ^a   Schioppa, S ^a   Sampietro, G ^a   Contini, P ^a   Ninno, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Microcirculation; Sympathetic tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 0031089656     PISSN: 01676865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000179211     Document Type: Article

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