The influence of suspending phase viscosity on the passage of red blood cells through capillary-size micropores

Biorheology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-168

  Fisher, T C ^a   Van Der Waart, F J ^a   Meiselman, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dextran; micropores; red blood cells; viscosity

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CAPILLARY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029955582     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-355X(96)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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