Mechanisms for increased blood flow resistance due to leukocytes

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 6 42-6, 1997, Pages

  Helmke, Brian P ^a,b   Bremner, Shannon N ^a   Zweifach, Benjamin W ^a   Skalak, Richard ^a   Schmid Schönbein, Geert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary network resistance; Erythrocyte velocity; Microcirculation; Skeletal muscle blood flow

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33750693984     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.6.h2884     Document Type: Article

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