Novel Use of Scanning Electron Microscopy for Detection of Iron-Induced Morphological Changes in Human Blood

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 268-271

  Pretorius, Etheresia ^a   Vermeulen, Natasha ^a   Bester, Janette ^a   lipinski, Boguslaw ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Human plasma; Iron; Novel laboratory model; Purified fibrinogen

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROPHILICITY; IRON COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; PURIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACUTE PHASE PROTEINS; HAEMOSTASIS; HUMAN BLOODS; HUMAN PLASMAS; HYDROPHILIC AGENTS; LABORATORY MODELS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NOVEL LABORATORY MODEL; PROINFLAMMATORY; PURIFIED FIBRINOGEN;

IRON;

EID: 84874390563     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22163     Document Type: Article

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