Transient ischemic attack during smoking: The thrombotic state of erythrocytes and platelets illustrated visually

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 57-59

  Bester, Janette ^a   Van Rooy, Mia Jeanne ^a   Mbotwe, Sthembile ^a   Duim, Wiebren ^a   Pretorius, Etheresia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; erythrocytes; platelets; smoking; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BLOOD PLATELETS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 84954364228     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913123.2015.1120840     Document Type: Article

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