Lack of seasonal variation in flow-mediated dilatation of the brachial artery in women with primary Raynaud's phenomenon and healthy controls

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-73

  Klein Weigel, P ^a,b   Krall, K ^a   Falkensammer, J ^a   Heinz Erian, P ^a   Ulmer, H ^a   Fraedrich, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Ruppiner Kliniken GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachial artery; Endothelium function; Raynaud's phenomenon; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIPID; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WINTER;

EID: 0038538299     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.32.2.69     Document Type: Article

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