Forty-percent area strain in red cell membranes?-Doubtful

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Editorial

Richard E Waugh. Biophys J. 2014.

. 2014 Apr 15;106(8):1834-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.01.052.

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. Electronic address: richard.waugh@rochester.edu.

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Comment in

Rebuttal to a comment by Richard E. Waugh on our article "Yield strength of human erythrocyte membranes to impulsive stretching".
Li F, Chan CU, Ohl CD. Li F, et al. Biophys J. 2014 Apr 15;106(8):1832-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.03.010. Biophys J. 2014. PMID: 24739182 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Yield strength of human erythrocyte membranes to impulsive stretching.
Li F, Chan CU, Ohl CD. Li F, et al. Biophys J. 2013 Aug 20;105(4):872-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.06.045. Biophys J. 2013. PMID: 23972839 Free PMC article.

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