Blood flux and venoarteriolar response of the skin in legs with chronic venous insufficiency measured at two different depths by using a double- wavelength laser Doppler technique

Angiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 441-446

  Malanin, Ken ^a,c   Vilkko, Pekka ^a,b   Kolari, Pertti J ^a  

^a Medical Center of Lappeenranta   (Finland)

^b SOUTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0031750204     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804900604     Document Type: Article

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