"Blood Viscosity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The internal resistance of the BLOOD to shear forces. The in vitro measure of whole blood viscosity is of limited clinical utility because it bears little relationship to the actual viscosity within the circulation, but an increase in the viscosity of circulating blood can contribute to morbidity in patients suffering from disorders such as SICKLE CELL ANEMIA and POLYCYTHEMIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D001809
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G09.188.370.124 G09.330.380.630.110
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| Concept/Terms |
Blood Viscosity- Blood Viscosity
- Blood Viscosities
- Viscosities, Blood
- Viscosity, Blood
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blood Viscosity" by people in Profiles.
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Zeiger AR, Patkar AA, Fitzgerald R, Lundy A, Ballas SK, Weinstein SP. Changes in mu opioid receptors and rheological properties of erythrocytes among opioid abusers. Addict Biol. 2002 Apr; 7(2):207-17.
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Dalakas MC. High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin and serum viscosity: risk of precipitating thromboembolic events. Neurology. 1994 Feb; 44(2):223-6.