Erythrocyte aggregation in rheumatoid arthritis: Cell and plasma factor's role

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-56

  Luquita, A ^a   Urli, L ^a   Svetaz, M J ^b   Gennaro, A M ^c   Volpintesta, R ^b   Palatnik, S ^b   Rasia, M ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

DAS 28 4; Erythrocyte aggregation; Erythrocyte deformability; Membrane fluidity; Rheumatoid arthritis activity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ASSAY; CELL FACTOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE KINETICS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; JOINT SWELLING; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR PORE; PLASMA CHARACTERISTICS; PLASMA FACTOR; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 58149383744     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1154     Document Type: Article

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