Seminars in Hematology
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 222-228 , July 2000

The use of electron microscopy in the investigation of the ultrastructural morphology of immune thrombocytopenic purpura platelets

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☆ Supported by the Medical Research Council of Canada.

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Seminars in Hematology
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