Effects of malaria heme products on red blood cell deformability.
In falciparum malaria, the deformability of the entire erythrocyte population is reduced in proportion to disease severity, and this compromises microcirculatory blood flow through vessels partially obstructed by cytoadherent parasitized erythrocytes. The cause of rigidity of uninfected erythrocytes...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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