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Fibrin Mimics Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in SEM

Wolf Dietrich Krautgartner Department of Light & Electron Microscopy, Organismic Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
, PhD,
Michaela Klappacher Department of Light & Electron Microscopy, Organismic Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
,
Matthias Hannig Department of Operative Dentistry & Periodontology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
, DMD, PhD,
Astrid Obermayer Department of Light & Electron Microscopy, Organismic Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
, MS,
Dominik Hartl DFG Emmy-Noether Group, Immunodeficiency section and Cystic fibrosis section, Children's Hospital and Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
, MD, PhD,
Veronica Marcos DFG Emmy-Noether Group, Immunodeficiency section and Cystic fibrosis section, Children's Hospital and Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
, MD &
Ljubomir Vitkov Department of Operative Dentistry & Periodontology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany and Private Practice, Straßwalchen, AustriaCorrespondence[email protected]
, DMD show all
Pages 226-231 | Received 28 Dec 2009, Accepted 23 Feb 2010, Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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