title: Rheological properties of red blood cells (including reticulocytes) in patients with chronic renal disease.
abstract: Hemodialysis is a method of treatment of patients suffering from terminal renal disease and consists in removing uremic toxins from blood. The influence of hemodialysis on rheological properties of red blood cells was ascertained. We studied the deformability of RBC after density gradient separation of whole blood drawn from patients with renal disease before and after dialysis. The improvement in deformability of cells from the top layers was observed in postdialysis samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Toxicology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wyrwicz
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dabrowski
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Smoleńiski
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Spodaryk
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D048429:Cell Size / Q000187:drug effects; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability / Q000187:drug effects*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D014511:Uremia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin