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Clinical Hemorheology

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 74))

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Any physician interested in the field of clinical hemorheology may expect to encounter certain characteristic physical phenomena and their associated terminology. This chapter gives a brief survey of the biophysical terminology and definitions most often used in hemorheology.

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  3. Institute of Medical and Dental Bioengineering, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, and Department of Haematology, King’s College Hospital, London, UK

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Matrai, A., Whittington, R.B., Skalak, R. (1987). Biophysics. In: Chien, S., Dormandy, J., Ernst, E., Matrai, A. (eds) Clinical Hemorheology. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 74. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4285-1_2

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