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Research Article

The Use of a Desktop Scanning Electron Microscope as a Diagnostic Tool in Studying Fibrin Networks of Thrombo-embolic Ischemic Stroke

Etheresia PretoriusDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Arcadia, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
, PHD
Pages 245-250 | Received 04 Jul 2011, Accepted 12 Jul 2011, Published online: 20 Sep 2011

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