Special article: Non-invasive measurement of endothelial function

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 640-643

  Playford, D A ^a   Watts, G F ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Non invasive; Plethysmography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031856759     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02269.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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