Journal article
Pressure of lymphatic capillaries in human skin
- Spiegel, M. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Vesti, B. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Shore, A. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Franzeck, U. K. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Becker, F. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Bollinger, A. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Published in:
- American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. - American Physiological Society. - 1992, vol. 262, no. 4, p. H1208-H1210
English
The network of lymphatic capillaries of the human skin was depicted at the distal part of the tibial plateau by fluorescence microlymphography (fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran 150,000). Intralymphatic pressure was determined in 28 lymphatic capillaries of 21 healthy volunteers (mean diameter 56.0 +/- 10.0 microns) by a servo-nulling pressure system. It averaged 4.0 +/- 4.5 mmHg (range: -6.8 to +10.7 mmHg). These are the first measurements of pressure in the initial lymphatics of human skin and form a basis with which to compare measurements made in patients with different forms of edema.
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- English
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- closed
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- DOI 10.1152/ajpheart.1992.262.4.h1208
- ISSN 0363-6135
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/295152
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