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  • Title: The red-cell deformability index: a filtration study in adult Nigerians.
    Author: Reid HL.
    Journal: Trop Geogr Med; 1981 Sep; 33(3):205-8. PubMed ID: 7314230.
    Abstract:
    Red-cell deformability was measured by reproducible filtration technique. Undiluted whole blood, anticoagulated with solid potassium EDTA, was passed through Nuclepore membrane filters with cylindrical prres of 5.0 micrometers diameter, under a constant negative perfusion pressure of 20 cm of water. The volume of red-cell filtered per minute was used as an index of red-cell deformability. Healthy Nigerian adults had a mean red-cell deformability index of 0.55 +/- 0.15 ml/min/-1. There was no significant difference between the sexes. The possible relevance of red-cell deformability studies in the African is discussed.
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