Blood viscosity and red cell morphology in subjects suffering from cirrhosis before and after treatment with S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine (SAM)

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-221

  Turchetti, V ^a   Bellini, M A ^a   Leoncini, F ^a   Petri, F ^a   Trabalzini, L ^a   Guerrini, M ^a   Forconi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE;

BLOOD VISCOSITY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 0033860073     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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