Arterial vascular properties in individuals with spina bifida

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 242-246

  Boot, C R L ^a   Van Langen, H ^a   Hopman, M T E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circulation; Congenital; Endothelium; Inactivity; Spinal cord injury; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VASCULARIZATION; ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0242317804     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101429     Document Type: Article

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