Blood viscosity changes in experimentally Trypanosoma cruzi-infected rats

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-182

  Berra, H H ^a   Piaggio, E ^a   Revelli, S S ^a   Luquita, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Erythrocyte shape; Hemorheological variables; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHINOCYTE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CELL SHAPE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HEMATOCRIT; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARASITEMIA; RATS; RISK FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 21444448405     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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