Red blood cell deformability, aggregability and cytosolic calcium concentration in normal tension glaucoma

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 295-302

  Vetrugno, Michele ^a   Cicco, Giuseppe ^a   Cantatore, Francesco ^a   Arnese, Leonardo ^a   Delle Noci, Nicola ^b   Sborgia, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffractometry; Erythrocyte aggregability; Erythrocyte deformability; Intracytosolic calcium; Normal tension glaucoma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; CALCIUM; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CELL VOLUME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOSOL; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER DIFFRACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOSOL; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 21544483768     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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