Ultrastructural analysis of platelets during three phases of pregnancy: A qualitative and quantitative investigation

Hematology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-47

  Swanepoel, Albe C ^a   Pretorius, Etheresia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood platelets; Morphology; Pregnancy; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN; GLYCOGEN;

ADULT; ALPHA GRANULE; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSE BODY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYSOSOMAL GRANULE; MEMBRANE BLEBBING; MITOCHONDRION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN CANALICULAR SYSTEM; PLATELET SPREADING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; PUERPERIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; PROCEDURES; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921752328     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: 16078454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1607845413Y.0000000150     Document Type: Article

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