Topical non-iontophoretic application of acetylcholine and nitroglycerin via a translucent patch: A new means for assessing microvascular reactivity

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Schonberger, Robert B ^a   Worden, William S ^a   Shahmohammadi, Kaveh ^a   Menn, Kirsten ^a   Silverman, Tyler J ^b   Stout, Robert G ^a   Shelley, Kirk H ^a   Silverman, David G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MIOCHOL E; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; VASODILATATION; BANDAGE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; BANDAGES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NITROGLYCERIN; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASODILATION;

EID: 35348904459     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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