Dual wavelength (532 and 633 nm) laser Doppler imaging of plaque psoriasis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1182-1186

  Murray, A K ^a,b   Herrick, A L ^b   Moore, T L ^b   King, T A ^a   Griffiths, C E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Dual wavelength; Laser Doppler imaging; Plaque psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SPECTRUM; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; PSORIASIS; RADIATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 21644441609     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06479.x     Document Type: Article

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