Dependency of red blood cell passage time on pore geometry in the single-pore erythrocyte rigidometer (SER)

Issue title: New Methods in Biorheology. Proceedings of the International Symposium held in Nancy, France, 17–18 August 1983. A Satellite Symposium of the Fifth International Congress of Biorheology

Guest editors: J.F. Stoltz and E. Puchelle

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Seiffge, D.

Affiliations: Hoechst AG, Werk Albert, Pharmacology, 6200 Wiesbaden, FRG

Abstract: Employing the “Singlepore Erythrocyte Rigidometer” (SER) in which small pore diameters were used, significant differences were measured between red blood cells from adjuvant arthritic rats compared to control from non-diseased animals. The results changed to opposite values using higher pore diameters, which may be due to differences in cell “rigidity” and MCV.

Keywords: RBC-Deformability, Single Erythrocyte Rigidometer, Pore Geometry, Passage Time

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1984-23S142

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 23, no. s1, pp. 245-247, 1984