Influence of age and gender on human lymphatic pumping pressure in the leg

Lymphology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 113-120

  Unno, Naoki ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Yamamoto, N ^a   Mano, Y ^a   Sano, M ^a   Saito, T ^a   Konno, H ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Contraction; Lymph; Lymphatics; Pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHATIC PUMPING PRESSURE; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; AGE; AGING; LEG; LYMPH VESSEL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; INDOCYANINE GREEN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LEG; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PRESSURE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84855398711     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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