Cell-elastometry: A new method to measure erythrocyte membrane elasticity

Biorheology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-234

  Flieger, R ^a   Grebe, R ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Deform ability; Diffraction; Elasticity; Erythrocyte; Membrane

Indexed keywords

DIAMIDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN;

ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; LASERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030683655     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-355X(97)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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