Studies on the destruction of red blood cells; thermal injury; action of heat in causing increased spheroidicity, osmotic and mechanical fragilities and hemolysis of erythrocytes; observations on the mechanisms of destruction of such erythrocytes in dogs and in a patient with a fatal thermal burn.
D000818:Animals; D001773:Blood Cells; D002056:Burns; D016923:Cell Death; D004285:Dogs; D004912:Erythrocytes; D006461:Hemolysis; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans
BLOOD/cells; HEAT/effects