Electron opaque structures in human platelets: Which are or are not dense bodies?

Platelets

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 455-466

  White, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

"fuzzy" balls; Alpha granules; Beads; Chains; Clusters; Delta granules; Electron opaque structures

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENSE BODY; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTRON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHEDIAK-HIGASHI SYNDROME; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HERMANSKI-PUDLAK SYNDROME; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 54249138238     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537100802132671     Document Type: Article

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