Qualitative investigations on vital blood platelets by reflection contrast microscopy

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 126-130

  Rickert, C H ^a   Filler, T J ^a   Zhao, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Platelet adhesion; Pseudopodia formation; Reflection contrast microscopy; Subpopulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL POPULATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE;

BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL SIZE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET ADHESIVENESS; PSEUDOPODIA;

EID: 0030015268     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147797     Document Type: Article

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