Relationship of megakaryocyte ploidy with platelet number and size in cats, dogs, rabbits and mice

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-25

  Ebbe, S ^a   Boudreaux, M K ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Megakaryocyte ploidy; Mice; Platelet volume; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749133833     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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