The veno-arteriolar reflex in venous leg ulcer patients studied by laser Doppler imaging

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 258-261

  Svedman, Cecilia ^a,b   Cherry, George W ^a   Ryan, Terence J ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Skin microcirculation; Skin microvascular tone; Veno arteriolar reflex

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; VARICOSE ULCER; VEINS;

EID: 0031846895     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155598441819     Document Type: Article

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