Impact of environmental temperature on skin thickness and microvascular blood flow in subjects with and without diabetes

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-101

  Forst, T ^a,f   Caduff, A ^b   Talary, M ^b   Weder, M ^c   Brandle M ^d   Kann, P ^e   Flacke, F ^b   Friedrich, Ch ^a   Pfutzner A ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Solianis Monitoring AG   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d Kantonspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^f Institute for Clinical Research and Development   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROCLIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33645285027     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2006.8.94     Document Type: Article

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