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Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Hematologic Tests > Erythrocyte Aggregation
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Hematologic Tests > Erythrocyte Aggregation
Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Blood Physiological Phenomena > Hemorheology > Erythrocyte Aggregation
Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena > Hemodynamics > Hemorheology > Erythrocyte Aggregation
Investigative Techniques > Rheology > Hemorheology > Erythrocyte Aggregation
Natural Science Disciplines > Physics > Rheology > Hemorheology > Erythrocyte Aggregation

Preferred term

Erythrocyte Aggregation  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Agglutination, Intravascular
  • Agglutinations, Intravascular
  • Aggregation, Intravascular Erythrocyte
  • Aggregations, Intravascular Erythrocyte
  • Erythrocyte Aggregation, Intravascular
  • Erythrocyte Aggregations, Intravascular
  • Erythrocyte Rouleaux Formation
  • Erythrocyte Rouleaux Formations
  • Formation, Erythrocyte Rouleaux
  • Formations, Erythrocyte Rouleaux
  • Intravascular Agglutinations
  • Intravascular Erythrocyte Aggregations
  • Rouleaux Formation, Erythrocyte
  • Rouleaux Formations, Erythrocyte

Note

  • coordinate with disease /blood, not disease /physiopathol

Scope note

  • The formation of clumps of RED BLOOD CELLS under low or non-flow conditions, resulting from the attraction forces between the red blood cells. The cells adhere to each other in rouleaux aggregates. Slight mechanical force, such as occurs in the circulation, is enough to disperse these aggregates. Stronger or weaker than normal aggregation may result from a variety of effects in the ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE or in BLOOD PLASMA. The degree of aggregation is affected by ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY, erythrocyte membrane sialylation, masking of negative surface charge by plasma proteins, etc. BLOOD VISCOSITY and the ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE are affected by the amount of erythrocyte aggregation and are parameters used to measure the aggregation.

History note

  • 1976

In other languages

  • punasolujen aggregaatio

    Finnish

  • erytrosyyttiaggregaatio
  • erytrosyyttien aggregaatio
  • punasoluaggregaatio
  • punasolujen kokkaroituminen
  • Erytrocytaggregation

    Swedish

  • Hopklumpning av röda blodkroppar
  • Intravaskulär erytrocytaggregation

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004903

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