From megakaryocytes to platelets: Platelet morphogenesis takes place in the bloodstream

European Journal of Haematology, Supplement

Volumn 60, Issue 61, 1998, Pages 3-24

  Behnke, Olav ^a   Forer, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abberrant platelet shapes; Megakaryocytes; Platelet morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEGAKARYOPOIESIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE SHAPE; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CIRCULATION; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD PLATELETS; HUMANS; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTES; MORPHOGENESIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031610866     PISSN: 09024506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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