Comparison of thermography and laser Doppler imaging in the assessment of Raynaud's phenomenon

Microvascular Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-76

  Clark, Stuart ^a   Dunn, Graham ^a   Moore, Tonia ^a   Jayson IV, Malcolm ^a   King, Terence A ^a   Herrick, Ariane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler imaging; Raynaud's phenomenon; Systemic sclerosis; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038798557     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-2862(03)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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