Scanning electron microscopy analysis of erythrocytes in thromboembolic ischemic stroke

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-191

  Swanepoel, A C ^a   Pretorius, E ^a  

^a University of Pretoria   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Erythrocytes; Scanning electron microscopy; Thromboembolic stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRESS; TARGET CELL; THROMBOEMBOLIC ISCHEMIC STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL SHAPE; ERYTHROCYTES; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84857439991     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2011.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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