Prolonged acetylcholine-induced vasodilatation in the peripheral microcirculation of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 282-285

  Khan, Faisel ^a   Spence, Vance ^a   Kennedy, Gwen ^a   Belch, Jill J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cholinergic; Endothelium; Iontophoresis; Laser doppler

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0141631814     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-097X.2003.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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