Enhanced aggregability of red blood cells of β-thalassemia major patients

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 6 39-6, 1996, Pages

  Chen, Shuqi ^a   Eldor, Amiram ^a   Barshtein, Gregory ^a   Zhang, Sihua ^a   Goldfarb, Ada ^a   Rachmilewitz, Eliezer ^a   Yedgar, Saul ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

aggregate morphology; flow chamber; image analysis; red cell aggregate size distribution; shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 33750828453     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.6.h1951     Document Type: Article

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