Imaging red blood cells with the atomic force microscope

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 472-481

  Zachée, Pierre ^a,b   Snauwaert, Johan ^a   Vandenberghe, Peter ^a,c   Hellemans, Louis ^a,c   Boogaerts, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Red blood cell; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029909745     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1996.tb08991.x     Document Type: Article

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