Assessment of the hemorheological profile of koala and echidna

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-117

  Baskurt, Oguz K ^a   Marshall Gradisnik, Sonya ^b   Pyne, Michael ^c   Simmonds, Michael ^d   Brenu, Ekua ^b   Christy, Rhys ^b   Meiselman, Herbert J ^e  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Erythrocyte aggregation; Erythrocyte deformability; Marsupials; Monotremes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHIDNA; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOALA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECHIDNA; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; TACHYGLOSSIDAE;

EID: 77950459209     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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