MicrocirculationThis reference is a volume in the Handbook of Physiology, co-published with The American Physiological Society. Growth in knowledge about the microcirculation has been explosive with the field becoming fragmented into numerous subdisciplines and subspecialties. This volume pulls all of the critical information into one volume.
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Contents
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Regulation of the Microvascular Blood Flow | 159 |
Adaptation of the Vascular System | 349 |
Inflammatory and Immune Functions | 385 |
Microcirculatory Specialization in Individual Organs | 483 |
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