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Quantifying the Mechanical Properties of the Endothelial Glycocalyx with Atomic Force Microscopy
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Electrostatic fixed charge distribution in the RBC-glycocalyx and their influence upon the total free interaction

D Lerche

    Biorheology
    |January 1, 1984
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    RBC glycocalyx electrostaticsBiophysical cell interaction modelsFree energy distribution in membranesGlycocalyx charge density effects

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