Certain Mathematical Aspects of the Susceptibility of Erythrocytes to Lysis

1 October 1947

journal article
research article
Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine

Vol. 66 (1) , 279-281
https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-66-16064

Abstract

The von Krogh equation for the relation between lysin concn. and degree of hemolysis was differentiated algebraically to yield a distribution curve for the susceptibility to lysis among the cells of a given population. The constant 1/n in the von Krogh equation was shown to be an inverse index of uniformity of the population with respect to susceptibility. Variations in the value of 1/n are considered to be indicative of variations in uniformity.

Keywords

ERYTHROCYTE/SUSCEPTIBILITY TO LYSIS
HEMOLYSIS/SUSCEPTIBILITY OF ERYTHROCYTE