A vascular mechanistic approach to understanding Raynaud phenomenon

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 146-158

  Flavahan, Nicholas A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; FASUDIL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; COOLING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOSPASM; CAPILLARY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

CAPILLARIES; HUMANS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SKIN; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84924137246     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2014.195     Document Type: Review

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