Elasticity of the human red blood cell skeleton

Biorheology

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 247-251

  Lenormand, G ^a   Henon S ^a   Richert, A ^a   Simeon J ^a   Gallet, F ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CELL ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSTRUMENTATION; OSMOLARITY; SALINITY;

ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MICROMANIPULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SPECTRIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0036978164     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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