Effects of pressure on red blood cell geometry during micropipette aspiration

Cytometry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-27

  Engström, K Gunnar ^a   Meiselman, Herbert J ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

erythrocyte membrane area; membrane folding; pipette aspiration pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PIPETTE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CATHETERIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0030059044     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19960101)23:1<22::AID-CYTO4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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