Characterization of a "Blanch-Blush" Mechano-response in palmar skin

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 220-226

  Wright, Thomas C ^a   Green, Elizabeth ^a   Phillips, James B ^a   Kostyuk, Oksana ^a   Brown, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLANCH BLUSH REACTION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY FLOW; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND PALM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE REACTION;

ADULT; COLOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644787010     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700030     Document Type: Article

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