Morphology, membrane nanostructure and stiffness for quality assessment of packed red blood cells

Abstract Transfusion of packed red blood cells (PRBC) to patients in critical states is often accompanied by post-transfusion complications. This may be related with disturbance of properties of PRBC and their membranes during long-term storage in the hemopreservative solution. The purpose of our wo...

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Main Authors: E. Kozlova, A. Chernysh, V. Moroz, V. Sergunova, O. Gudkova, E. Manchenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08255-9