New evidence of red blood cell rheological disorders in beta-thalassaemia minor.

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Haemorheological parameters, such as red blood cell deformability, membrane elastic modulus and membrane surface viscosity in twenty one thalassaemia heterozygous patients (14 beta0/beta and 7 beta+/beta) were compared with normal individuals (n = 15). Parameters were measured applying a laser diffractometric method (ektacytometry). Thalassaemia erythrocytes showed statistically significant lower deformability...

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