A thermal vascular test for distinguishing between patients with Raynaud's phenomenon and healthy controls

Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-426

  Jennings, J Richard ^c   Canner, Joseph ^a   Thompson, Bruce ^a   Wise, Robert ^d   Maricq, Hildegard R ^d   Freedman, Robert R ^d   Kaufmann, Peter G ^b  

^a Clinical Trials & Surveys Corp   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Automation; Cold sensitivity; Nielsen test; Raynaud's Phenomenon; Stroop color word test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0344417174     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.18.4.421     Document Type: Article

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