Terminal vessel hyperperfusion despite organ hypoperfusion in familial dysautonomia

Clinical Science

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-301

  Stemper, Brigitte ^a   Axelrod, Felicia B ^a   Marthol, Harald ^a   Brown, Clive ^b   Brys, Miroslav ^a   Welsch, Goetz ^b   Hilz, Max J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Familial dysautonomia; Ischaemic stress; Laser Doppler skin blood flow; Vascular dysregulation; Venous occlusion plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; HEMOPERFUSION; HUMAN; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSAUTONOMIA, FAMILIAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PERFUSION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN;

EID: 0042376136     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20030046     Document Type: Article

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