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Mechanics of Erythrocytes, Leukocytes, and Other Cells

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Biomechanics

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In the previous chapter, we studied the flow properties of blood. In this chapter, we turn our attention to the blood cells. We give most of the space to the red blood cells, but treat the white blood cells and other cells toward the end of the chpater.

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Fung, YC. (1993). Mechanics of Erythrocytes, Leukocytes, and Other Cells. In: Biomechanics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2257-4_4

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