RBC aggregation: More important than RBC adhesion to endothelial cells as a determinant of in vivo blood flow in health and disease

Microcirculation

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 585-590

  Baskurt, Oguz K ^a   Meiselman, Herbert J ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulatory disorders; Erythrocyte aggregation; Erythrocyte rheology

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FIBRINOGEN; MACROGLOBULIN;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE FUNCTION AND CHARACTERISTICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCHEMIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL ADHESION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS;

EID: 57149090298     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739680802107447     Document Type: Review

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