Comparison of Platelet Ultrastructure and Elastic Properties in Thrombo-Embolic Ischemic Stroke and Smoking Using Atomic Force and Scanning Electron Microscopy

• Jeanette Noel Du Plooy,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Antoinette Buys,

  Affiliation Microscopy and Microanalysis, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Wiebren Duim,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Etheresia Pretorius

  * E-mail: resia.pretorius@up.ac.za

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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