Erythrocyte aggregability and disaggregability in thalassemia trait carriers analyzed by a laser backscattering technique

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 245-249

  Falco C ^a   Vayá, Amparo ^a   Iborra, J ^a   Moreno, I ^a   Palanca, S ^a   Aznar, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte aggregability; Erythrocyte disaggregability; Laser backscattering aggregometer; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LASER BACKSCATTERING; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THALASSEMIA MINOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FEMALE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0043165098     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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