The effect of ambient temperature on capillary vascular malformations

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 896-903

  McGill, D J ^a   Mackay, I R ^a  

^a CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Capillary vascular malformation; Laser Doppler imager; Pulsed dye laser; Videomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CAPILLARY FLOW; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SAMPLE SIZE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASERS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; VASODILATION;

EID: 33645827370     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.07124.x     Document Type: Article

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