Morphology of small aggregates of red blood cells

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-91

  Svetina, S ^a,b   Ziherl, P ^a,b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Doublets; Erythrocyte; Rouleau

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BLOOD; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN OXYGEN SATURATION; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VISCOSITY;

ADHESION STRENGTHS; AGGREGATION; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CELL AGGREGATES; CELL AGGREGATION; DOUBLETS; ELASTICITY THEORY; EQUILIBRIUM SHAPES; ERYTHROCYTE; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; MULTICELLULAR AGGREGATES; RED BLOOD CELL; RED BLOOD CELLS; ROULEAU; SIZE AND SHAPE; TWO-PHASE LIQUID; VAN DER WAALS;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE FORMATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CELL ADHESION; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 48949084434     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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