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The Role of Blood Viscosity in Infectious Diseases

Blood viscosity is increased by elevated concentrations of acute phase reactants and hypergammaglobulinemia in inflammation. These increase blood viscosity by increasing plasma viscosity and fostering erythrocyte aggregation. Blood viscosity is also increased by decreased erythrocyte deformability,...

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Autores principales: Sloop, Gregory D, De Mast, Quirijn, Pop, Gheorghe, Weidman, Joseph J, St. Cyr, John A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7096068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32226691
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7090