A new method of measuring the deformability of the red cell membrane
BS Bull and JD Brailsford
Red cells moving in a stream of fluid can be arrested by means of a network
of fibrin threads. Those cells which fold over a fibrin thread present to
view a flat strap-like portion of membrane in which the strain can be
easily observed and accurately measured both optically and by scanning
electron microscopy. Preliminary results obtained by this method show
elastic strains of nearly 300% and indicate that the stress required to
produce these large strains is an order of magnitude greater than that
reported by other methods.
Volume 45,
Issue 4,
pp. 581-586,
04/01/1975
Copyright © 1975 by The American Society of Hematology
