Skin blood flow in the upper and lower extremities of diabetic patients with and without autonomic neuropathy

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 535-545

  Urbancic Rovan V ^a   Stefanovska, A ^b   Bernjak, A ^b   Azman Juvan K ^a   Kocijancic A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiovascular; Diabetic angiopathies; Diabetic neuropathies; Diagnostic techniques; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Laterality; Microcirculation; Nonlinear dynamics; Pulsatile flow; Vasomotor system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MALLEUS; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CAPILLARY;

AGED; ARM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; SKIN;

EID: 10644292347     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081810     Document Type: Article

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