The effect of low-molecular weight dextran on erythrocyte aggregation in normal and preeclamptic pregnancy

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-152

  Pribush, A ^a   Mankuta, D ^b   Meiselman, H J ^c   Meyerstein, D ^a,d   Silberstein, T ^b   Katz, M ^b   Meyerstein, N ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dextran; Pregnancy; RBC aggregation

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FIBRINOGEN;

ADSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

ADSORPTION; DEXTRANS; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 0033998037     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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