Quantitative correlations among fibrinogen concentration, sedimentation rate and electrical impedance of blood

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-185

  Zhao, T X ^a   Jacobson, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood; Electrical impedance; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Erythrocytes; Fibrinogen; Plasma proteins

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; POLARIZATION; PROTEINS; SEDIMENTATION; SOLUTIONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ERYTHROCYTES; FIBRINOGEN; HAEMATOCRITS; PLASMA PROTEINS; SALINE SOLUTIONS; WESTERGREN METHOD;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

EDETIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPEDANCE;

EID: 0031149138     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02530035     Document Type: Article

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