| Literature DB >> 6639889 |
B E Serjeant, K P Mason, M W Kenny, J Stuart, D R Higgs, D J Weatherall, R J Hayes, G R Serjeant.
Abstract
A study of rheological determinants (plasma viscosity, whole-blood viscosity, and erythrocyte deformability) was made in 24 matched pairs of patients with homozygous sickle cell disease, with and without homozygous alpha-thalassaemia 2. Patients with coexisting alpha-thalassaemia showed a significant increase in erythrocyte deformability measured as filtration of washed erythrocytes through 5 micron diameter pores and also as viscosity of whole blood at high shear rate (230s-1) and standard haematocrit (0.45). This rheological advantage may explain the beneficial effect of alpha-thalassaemia 2 on haematological parameters and clinical events in homozygous sickle cell disease.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6639889 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1983.tb02163.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Haematol ISSN: 0007-1048 Impact factor: 6.998