The effect of EDTA as an anticoagulant on the osmotic fragility of erythrocytes

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 213-216

  Kafka, M ^a,b   Yermiahu, T ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; EDTA; Heparin; Osmotic fragility; Population

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SPHEROCYTOSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031668045     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1998.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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