Paradoxical response to water immersion in replanted fingers

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-227

  Hsieh, Ching Hua ^a   Huang, Kuo Feng ^b   LiLiang, Po Chou ^c   Jeng, Seng Feng ^a   Tsai, Hui Hong ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Laser doppler; Skin wrinkling; Sympathetic activity; Vasoconstriction; Water immersion

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; FINGER REPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMERSION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PERFUSION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; VASODILATATION; WATER IMMERSION; WRINKLE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPLANTATION; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASODILATION; WATER;

EID: 33745104823     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-006-0340-9     Document Type: Article

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