Postural pseudoanemia: Posture-dependent change in hematocrit

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 611-614

  Jacob, Giris ^a   Raj, Satish R ^b,c   Ketch, Terry ^b,c   Pavlin, Boris ^b   Biaggioni, Italo ^b,c   Ertl, Andrew C ^b   Robertson, David ^b,c  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BODY POSTURE; COST; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA VOLUME; POSTURAL PSEUDOANEMIA; RECUMBENCY; SITTING; STANDING;

EID: 18244408525     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/80.5.611     Document Type: Article

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