Atypical erythrocytes and platelets in a patient with a pro-thrombin mutation

Platelets

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 461-462

  Pretorius, Etheresia ^a   Vermeulen, Natasha ^a   Bester, Janette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Iron overload; Platelets; Pro thrombin mutation; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FIBRIN; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL ERYTHROCYTE; ATYPICAL PLATELET; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; MISSENSE MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AMAUROSIS FUGAX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BLOOD PLATELETS; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTHROMBIN;

EID: 84925883430     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09537104.2013.830709     Document Type: Article

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