Measurement of whole blood viscosity profiles via an automated viscometer: Technical details and clinical relevance

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 51, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 523-529

  Alexy, Tamas ^a   Pais, Eszter ^a   Wenby, Rosalinda B ^a   Hogenauer, William ^b   Toth, Kalman ^c   Meiselman, Herbert J ^a   Kensey, Kenneth R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Algorhythms LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^d Rheologics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Rheolog ; Shear rate; Viscometer systems

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; SHEAR RATE; VISCOMETER; VISCOMETRY;

BLOOD VISCOSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 27844532563     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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