Mechanical fragility of erythrocytes in multiple sclerosis.
Erythrocyte fragility was measured by mechanical shaking in 82 normal individuals and 19 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). On the average, fragility was significantly higher in the MS patients, although this increase did not correlate with the presence of serum neuroelectric blocking factors.
D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000502:physiology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000097:blood*