A descriptive investigation of the ultrastructure of fibrin networks in thrombo-embolic ischemic stroke

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-513

  Pretorius, Etheresia ^a   Swanepoel, Albe C ^a   Oberholzer, Hester M ^a   Van Der Spuy, Wendy J ^a   Duim, Wiebren ^a   Wessels, Pieter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Fibrin networks; Thrombo embolic ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN; THROMBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBRIN CLOT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STROKE PATIENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE STRUCTURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; BRAIN EMBOLISM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; STROKE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FIBRIN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 80052326763     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: 1573742X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-010-0538-5     Document Type: Article

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