Abstract:Red cell deformability of 30 nonpregnant volunteers and 20 normal pregnant women in the 3rd trimester was assessed by determination of filterability of red cells suspended either in autologous plasma or in buffer by St. George’s nitrometer method. Total red cell deformability was decreased in normal pregnancy [transit time (Tc) = 7.79 ± 0.86 vs. 6.99 ± 0.65, p < 0.01] as compared to nonpregnant women when erythrocytes were studied in buffer suspensions, while the number of profoundly rigid red cells was lower … Show more
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