Resting blood flow in the skin: Does it exist, and what is the influence of temperature, aging, and diabetes?

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 674-685

  Petrofsky, Jerrold Scott ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Circulation; Diabetes; Free radicals

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; CITRULLINE; CYCLIC GMP; KRYPTON; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHORUS 32; POTASSIUM; RETINOL; SCANDIUM 46; SILASTIC; SODIUM; STRONTIUM 85; WATER; XENON 133;

AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CIRCULATION; CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW RATE; HEAT; HERTZMAN PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYSTERESIS; IMPEDANCE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMISTOR; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SKIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84870187747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681200600324     Document Type: Review

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