Tribology of capillary blood flow

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology

Volumn 220, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 767-774

  Secomb, T W ^a   Hsu, R ^a   Pries, A R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary; Endothelial surface layer; Erythrocyte; Lubrication theory; Microcirculation; Red blood cell; Review

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MACROMOLECULES; MICROCIRCULATION; TRIBOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

ENDOTHELIAL SURFACE LAYER; ERYTHROCYTE; RED BLOOD CELL;

BLOOD;

BLOOD; CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MACROMOLECULES; MICROCIRCULATION; TRIBOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33846144412     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/13506501JET121     Document Type: Article

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