Giant electron-dense chains, clusters and granules in megakaryocytes and platelets with normal dense bodies: An inherited thrombocytopenic disorder

Platelets

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-121

  White, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL GRANULE; CELL MATURATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CIRCULATION; DENSE BODY; DENSITY; ELECTRON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHERITANCE; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES; SEROTONIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0037365759     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953710031000080044     Document Type: Article

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