Comparative reproducibility of dermal microvascular blood flow changes in response to acetylcholine iontophoresis, hyperthermia and reactive hyperaemia

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Agarwal, Sharad C ^a   Allen, John ^a   Murray, Alan ^a   Purcell, Ian F ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Laser Doppler; Microcirculation; Microvascular; Reproducibility; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CLASSIFIERS; COLLAGEN; DISEASES; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; HEATING;

COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; LOCAL HEATING; MICRO-VASCULAR CHANGES; MICROVASCULAR; POST-OCCLUSIVE REACTIVE HYPEREMIAS; REACTIVE HYPEREMIA; REPRODUCIBILITIES; TIME TO PEAK; VASODILATATION;

MICROCIRCULATION;

EID: 75449109880     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/1/001     Document Type: Article

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