UNIQUE PITS ON THE ERYTHROCYTES OF THE LESSER MOUSE-DEER, TRAGULUS-JAVANICUS

Authors
FUKUTA K KUDO H JALALUDIN S
Citation
K. Fukuta et al., UNIQUE PITS ON THE ERYTHROCYTES OF THE LESSER MOUSE-DEER, TRAGULUS-JAVANICUS, Journal of Anatomy, 189, 1996, pp. 211-213
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Anatomy & Morphology
Journal title
Journal of Anatomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218782
Volume
189
Year of publication
1996
Part
1
Pages
211 - 213
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8782(1996)189:<211:UPOTEO>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The lesser mouse-deer, Tragulus javanicus, is the smallest living ungu late and it possesses the smallest erythrocytes amongst mammalian spec ies. We observed pits on its erythrocytes by scanning electron microsc opy. They were 68-390 nm in diameter (135 +/- 65 nm) and appeared in 1 2.8% of erythrocytes examined. They represent unique structures that h ave not previously been reported physiologically or pathologically.