Methodological aspects of the evaluation of endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in the human forearm

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-87

  Lind, L ^a   Sarabi, M ^a   Millgard J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Endothelium; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CUFF; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; WRIST;

ADULT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LIGATION; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; WRIST;

EID: 0031971579     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1998.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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