Capillary vascular malformation response to increased ambient temperature is dependent upon anatomical location

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-199

  McGill, David J ^a   Mackay, Iain R ^a  

^a CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Capillary diameter; Capillary malformation; Laser Doppler imaging; Videomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CHROMATOPHORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; LIMB; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEATING; HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATION;

EID: 33846457890     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000237616.86277.0d     Document Type: Article

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