Plasma viscosity: A forgotten variable

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 39, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 243-246

  Késmárky, Gábor ^a   Kenyeres, Péter ^a   Rábai, Miklós ^a   Tóth, Kálmán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; C reactive protein; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Hyperviscosity syndromes; Ischemic heart disease; Plasma viscosity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN; WATER;

ANEMIA; ARTERY DISEASE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEMATOCRIT; HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME; INFLAMMATION; LIQUID; MACROMOLECULE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PATHOLOGY; PH; PLASMA; PLASMA VISCOSITY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STROKE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TISSUE INJURY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VISCOMETER; WATER CONTENT;

BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PLASMA; RHEOLOGY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47849083274     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2008-1088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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