Techniques to evaluate erythrocyte deformability in diabetes mellitus

• Published in: Acta diabetologica Vol. 41; no. 3; p. 99
• Main Authors: Caimi, G, Presti, R Lo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Springer Nature B.V 01.09.2004
• Subjects: Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus - blood; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - blood; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - blood; Erythrocyte Deformability - physiology; Erythrocyte Membrane - physiology; Erythrocytes; Hematocrit; Humans; Medical imaging; Reference Values; Rheology; Viscosity

Using several rheological techniques, we examined erythrocyte deformability in different groups of diabetic subjects. The macrorheological techniques used for this evaluation were respectively whole-blood filtration, filtration of erythrocyte suspensions, polyviscosimetry and diffractometry. Whole-b...