Is red blood cell distribution width a marker of overall membrane integrity?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1539-1540

  Goldstein, Mark R ^a   Mascitelli, Luca ^a   Pezzetta, Francesca ^a  

^a Fountain Medical Court ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CHOLESTEROL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MORTALITY;

EID: 70349250479     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.275     Document Type: Note

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