Rheological properties of blood as assessed with a newly designed oscillating viscometer

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-65

  Reinhart, W H ^a  

^a KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Blood; Erythrocyte; Fibrinogen; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; VISCOMETRY;

ADULT; BLOOD VISCOSITY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031781837     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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