Leg vasoconstriction during head-up tilt in patients with autonomic failure is not abolished

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 416-422

  Groothuis, Jan T ^a,b   Thijssen, Dick H J ^a,c   Lenders, Jacques W M ^a,d   Deinum, Jaap ^a   Hopman, Maria T E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Rehabilitation ^*  (Netherlands)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TILT TABLE TEST; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; TILT-TABLE TEST; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 79851469195     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01098.2010     Document Type: Article

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