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THIS communication presents a technique for the measurement of the blood flow through the skin which has been adapted from a method devised recently by Lassen and Ingvar1,2 for the measurement of local blood flow through the cerebral cortex. Krypton-85 dissolved in saline was injected into the carotid artery. Following the injection, blood flow was calculated from the rate of clearance of the isotope from the exposed cortex.
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BELL, G., HARPER, A. Measurement of Regional Blood Flow through the Skin from the Clearance of Krypton-85. Nature 202, 704–705 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202704a0
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