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Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation Volume 69, 2009 - Issue 7
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Parameterization of red blood cell elongation index – shear stress curves obtained by ektacytometry

Oguz K. Baskurt Department of Physiology, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Max R. Hardeman Department of Physiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Mehmet Uyuklu Department of Physiology, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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Pinar Ulker Department of Physiology, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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Melike Cengiz Department of Physiology, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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Norbert Nemeth Institute of Surgery, Department of Operative Techniques and Surgical Research, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Hungary
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Sehyun Shin Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Tamas Alexy Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Herbert J. Meiselman Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Pages 777-788 | Received 28 May 2009, Accepted 20 Jul 2009, Published online: 25 Nov 2009

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