Method optimization on the use of postocclusive hyperemia model to assess microvascular function

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-133

  Yvonne Tee, Get Bee ^a,d   Rasool, Aida Hanum Ghulam ^b   Halim, Ahmad Sukari ^b   Wong, Abdul Rahim ^b   Rahman, Abdul Rashid Abdul ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c CYBERJAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^d SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler methods; Microvascular; Optimization; Postocclusive hyperemia; Skin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INSTRUMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROVASCULATURE; MODEL; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ERYTHEMA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049059520     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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