A novel technique for quantification of erythrocyte aggregation abnormalities in pathophysiological situations

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-132

  Pribush, A ^a   Hatzkelson, L ^b   Meyerstein, D ^a,c   Meyerstein, N ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Erythrocyte; Iron deficiency; Multiple myeloma; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THALASSEMIA MINOR;

AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 33847295217     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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