Cutaneous sensibility and peripheral nerve function in patients with unmedicated essential hypertension

Psychophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-147

  Edwards, Louisa ^a   Ring, Christopher ^a   McIntyre, David ^a   Winer, John B ^b   Martin, Una ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous sensory thresholds; Essential hypertension; Median nerve; Nerve conduction velocity; Sensory action potential amplitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYELINATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; TOUCH;

EID: 36849090551     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2007.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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