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Mechanism of red blood cell aging: Relationship of cell density and cell age
1 Jan 1993
Abstract excerpt
The human red cell has a life span of 120 days. The mechanism that determines cell removal from the circulation with such precision remains unknown. Most studies of red cell aging have been based on analysis of cells of progressively increasing age separated by density. The relationship between red cell age and density has been recently challenged, and the hypothesis has been put forward that cell death is not...
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