Reproducibility of brachial ultrasonography and flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) for assessing endothelial function

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 649-652

  Hardie, K L ^a   Kinlay, S ^b   Hardy, D B ^b   Wlodarczyk, J ^a   Silberberg, J S ^b   Fletcher, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Reproducibility; Ultrasound brachial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0031415554     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1997.tb00992.x     Document Type: Article

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