title: Bilayer couple hypothesis of red cell shape transformations and osmotic hemolysis.
abstract: It is shown how according to the bilayer couple hypothesis the cell volume and cell shape at hemolysis depend on the difference between areas of the two leaflets of the membrane bilayer. The result is used to interpret the time course of the hemolytic process.
mesh_terms: D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000097:blood*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers