Age-related changes in the human pulpal blood flow measured by laser Doppler flowmetry

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-40

  Ikawa, Motohide ^a   Komatsu, Hideji ^a   Ikawa, Kyoko ^a   Mayanagi, Hideaki ^a   Shimauchi, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood flow; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Pulp

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISOR; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH PULP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COLD; DENTAL PULP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0345616433     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-9657.2003.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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