Blood platelets of the African elephant

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 127, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 208-210

  Plessis, L ^a   Stevens, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSE BODY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036696797     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcpa.2002.0565     Document Type: Article

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