Leucocyte filterability: Comparing diluted with undiluted blood

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 952-956

  Cook, Alison M ^a   Evans, Shelley Ann ^a   Lane, Ian F ^a   Jones, J Gareth ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Filtration; Leucocytes; Monocytes; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DILUTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEMODILUTION; HEMOFILTRATION; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES;

EID: 0031691262     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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