Ultrastructural changes in platelet membranes due to cigarette smoking

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 239-243

  Pretorius, Etheresia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Platelet membranes; Scanning electron microscopy; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84864560482     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913123.2012.663068     Document Type: Article

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