Hypothesis: ultrasonography can document dynamic in vivo rouleaux formation due to mobile phone exposure

Robert R. Brown et al

Introduction

Researchers have reported red blood cell (RBC) aggregation, referred to as rouleaux formation, in people who have been recently exposed to electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation. To date, the static technique of live blood cell analysis utilizing dark-field microscopy has been the method of choice to evaluate this phenomenon.

Because this in vitro analysis may be compromised by artifact from imperfect technique, we sought to produce a novel and innovative approach to this question by devising a noninvasive, in vivo method for assessing the presence of rouleaux formation …