Comparative evaluation of two newly developed devices for capillary viscometry

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 379-387

  Holdt, Birgit ^a   Lehmann, Jochen K ^a   Schuff Werner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Evaluation of viscometer; Hemorheology; Quality assurance; Viscometer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PLASMA; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BLOOD VISCOSITY; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 28644447887     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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