1. A model to evaluate mucosal flow in ulcerative colitis by laser Doppler flowmetry
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M. R. Cesarone, G. Belcaro, Laurora G, L. Barbara, G. Gizzi, and Luciano Pellegrini
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Skin blood flow ,business.industry ,Sigmoid colon ,Laser Doppler velocimetry ,medicine.disease ,Gastroenterology ,Ulcerative colitis ,digestive system diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Angiology - Abstract
Endoscopic laser-Doppler flowmetry was used to evaluate the mucosal skin blood flow in the terminal part of the sigmoid colon in 7 patients with ulcerative colitis and in 8 normals subjects. In total, 229 observations were made. A MUSK (mucosal-skin blood) flow index was obtained that was able to differentiate the normal from abnormal mucosa and areas with different endoscopic characteristics.
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- 2011
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