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Science 24 November 1978:
Vol. 202. no. 4370, pp. 894 - 896
DOI: 10.1126/science.715448
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Science, Vol 202, Issue 4370, 894-896
Copyright © 1978 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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The red cell as a fluid droplet: tank tread-like motion of the human erythrocyte membrane in shear flow

TM Fischer, M Stohr-Lissen, and H Schmid-Schonbein

When whole human blood is subjected to viscometric flow, individual red cells are seen to be elongated and oriented in the shear field. In addition, a tank tread-like motion of the membrane around the cell content occurs. In dilute suspensions of erythrocytes in viscous media, the same behavior is better observed and can also be measured quantitatively.


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