Megakaryocytes and platelets in the spleen of the Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 221-224

  Zidan, M ^a,b   Kassem, A ^a   Pabst, R ^b  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MONOCYTE; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CAMELS; FEMALE; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MONOCYTES; SPLEEN;

EID: 0034242207     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.2000.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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