Skin vessel reactivity tests in healthy middle-aged and elderly subjects: The influence of depolarizating current and serum lipids

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-144

  Algotsson, Annica ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly persons; Endothelium dependent vasodilation; Serum lipids and lipoproteins; Skin vessel reactivity; Small nerve fibre dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ISOPRENALINE; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0036137523     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(01)00205-9     Document Type: Article

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