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The use of dielectric measurements as a tool for studying cellular parameters even for diagnostic reasons is a well established technique of continuing importance. Usually the passive electrical properties of tissues and cell suspensions are measured by the electrical impedance method (l0). Recently electrorotation was introduced as a method which allows the measurement of these properties in single cells (1,2,7,8). In contrast to cell electrophoresis, which allows the determination of surface charges of cells by the measurement of cell movement in a constant DC-field, in case of electrorotation the spin of cells in a rotating high frequency field is measured in dependence of the rotation frequency on the applied field.
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Glaser, R., Egger, M., Pritzen, C., Ziervogel, H. (1988). Electrorotation of Blood Cells: Medical Applications. In: Cañedo, L.E., Todd, L.E., Packer, L., Jaz, J. (eds) Cell Function and Disease. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0813-3_34
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