Modified method of assessing spontaneous erythrocyte aggregation
Petrov, I.A.; Lapotnikov, V.A.
Klinicheskaia Laboratornaia Diagnostika 6: 35
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-2084 PMID: 7894906 Document Number: 434022
To prevent infection of the examinees via blood during venipuncture and to simplify the method for assessment of red cell spontaneous aggregation the authors have compared red cell aggregation in venous and capillary blood. Red cell aggregation coefficients assessed by various methods in blood samples collected from the finger and vein were virtually the same; hence, this characteristics can be investigated in a capillary blood sample.