How should blood rheology be measured in macroglobulinaemia

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 669-675

  Persson, S U ^a,d   Larsson, H ^b   Odeberg, H ^c  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Central Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Hematocrit; Hyperviscosity syndrome; Hypervolemia; IgM; Immunoglobulins; Monoclonal; Plasma viscosity; Waldenstrom's disease

Indexed keywords

PARAPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROGLOBULINEMIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0032444595     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365519850186102     Document Type: Article

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