Effects of sedimentation of small red blood cell aggregates on blood flow in narrow horizontal tubes

Biorheology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-283

  Murata, T ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

blood viscosity; flow resistance; microcirculation; Red cell aggregation; sedimentation of aggregates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CELL SUSPENSION; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE KINETICS; FLOW KINETICS; HEMATOCRIT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TUBE;

EID: 0029790792     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-355X(96)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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