A new view of Starling's hypothesis at the microstructural level

Microvascular Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-304

  Hu, Xiaping ^a   Weinbaum, Sheldon ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary filtration; Capillary osmotic pressure; Fiber matrix; Surface glycocalyx; Venous reabsorption

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CELL STRUCTURE; GLYCOCALYX; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARLING LAW;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0032737824     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1999.2177     Document Type: Article

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