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The effects of peripheral layer viscosity on physiological characteristics of blood flow through the artery with mild stenosis have been studied. It has been shown that the resistance to flow and the wall shear decrease as the peripheral layer viscosity decreases.
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Shukla, J.B., Parihar, R.S. & Gupta, S.P. Effects of peripheral layer viscosity on blood flow through the artery with mild stenosis. Bltn Mathcal Biology 42, 797–805 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02461059
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