The effect of the endothelial-cell glycocalyx on the motion of red blood cells through capillaries

Microvascular Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-91

  Damiano, E R ^a,b  

^a University of Virginia ^*  (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent viscosity; Capillary tube hematocrit; Lubrication theory; Mixture theory; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW KINETICS; GLYCOCALYX; HEMATOCRIT; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0031847472     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1997.2052     Document Type: Article

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