Commentary on Viewpoint: The human cutaneous circulation as a model of generalized microvascular function

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 378-

  Ijzerman, Richard G ^a,b   De Jongh, Renate T ^a   Serné, Erik H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SKIN; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS; SKIN; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 50649090957     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90344.2008     Document Type: Letter

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