Ultrastructure of buffalo, Syncerus caffer, platelets: Comparison with bovine and human platelets

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 309-314

  Du Plessis, L ^a   Botha, A J ^b   Stevens, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BUFFALO; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLATELET COUNT;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; MAMMALIA; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 0030249524     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199609)229:3<309::AID-JMOR5>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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