Detection and clinical significance of red cell aggregation in the human subcutaneous vein using a high-frequency transducer (10 Mhz): A preliminary report

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 933-938

  Kitamura, Hiroshi ^a   Kawasaki, Seiji ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Echogenicity; Fibrinogen; Plasma macromolecules; Red cell aggregation; Videodensitometry

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CHOLESTEROL; HEMODYNAMICS; MACROMOLECULES; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ECHOGENICITY; FIBRINOGEN; HEMATOCRIT; RED CELL AGGREGATION; SUBCUTANEOUS VEIN; VIDEODENSITOMETRY;

DIAGNOSIS;

CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROMOLECULE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VIDEODENSITOMETRY;

CHOLESTEROL; DENSITOMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; FIBRINOGEN; FOREARM; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRIGLYCERIDES; VEINS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030799562     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00015-X     Document Type: Article

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