Cutaneous microvascular blood flow and reactivity in patients with homozygous sickle cell anaemia

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 327-331

  Tharaux, Pierre Louis ^a   Girot, Robert ^a   Kanfer, Alain ^a   Dussaule, Jean Claude ^a   Gaitz, Jean Pierre ^a   Tribout, Laurent ^a   Baudot, Nathalie ^a   Vayssairat, Michel ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

Hyperaemia; Laser Doppler velocimetry; Microcirculation; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY POSITION; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN ULCER; SUPINE POSITION; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN;

EID: 0036621049     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2002.02701.x     Document Type: Article

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