Endothelial-dependent vasodilatation is impaired in patients with systemic sclerosis, as assessed by low dose iontophoresis [1]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 403-

  Anderson, Marina E ^b   Moore, T L ^b   Hollis, S ^a   Clark, S ^b   Jayson, M I V ^b   Herrick, A L ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LETTER; MALE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VASODILATATION; AGED; BLOOD FLOW; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; VASODILATION;

EID: 0037534298     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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