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Neumann et al, 1990; Evans et al, 1993; Pecsvarady et al,. 1992). For this ..... Cook, A.M., Evans, S.-A., Lane, I.F. & Jones, J.G. (1998b) Leukocyte filterability: ...
British Journal of Haematology, 1999, 104, 100–107

Examination of a rheological profile for blood using micropore filters J. G A R E T H J O N E S , R ACH EL A. A DAM S ,* A L I S O N M. C O OK A ND S H E L L E Y-A N N E VA NS School of Molecular and Medical Biosciences, University of Wales, Cardiff, and *School of Biomedical Sciences, UWIC, Cardiff Received 20 July 1998; accepted for publication 15 October 1998

Summary. Various techniques have been used to assess the flow properties of blood and blood cells in a range of clinical situations. Filtration through microfilters offers a single technique for measuring the flow properties of all cellular components of blood in one experiment but depends on an assumed ability to recognize cells that make up