EEMCO guidance for the measurement of skin microcirculation

Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 442-456

  Berardesca, Enzo ^a,b   Lévêque, Jean Luc ^a   Masson, Philippe ^a   Pierard G E ^a   Rodrigues, L ^a   Rogiers, V ^a   Elsner, P ^a   Loden, M ^a   Marks, R ^a   Parra, J L ^a   Paye, M ^a  

^a SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTERIOLE; ARTIFACT; BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD FLOW; CALIBRATION; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CAPILLARY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN MICROCIRCULATION; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION; VENULE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SKIN; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 12244287676     PISSN: 14222868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066451     Document Type: Review

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