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From: Effects of diabetes mellitus complicated by admission hyperglycemia on clot histological composition and ultrastructure in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Fig. 2

Analyses of structures of thrombi. A Selected colored portions of SEM images of thrombi illustrating the types of blood cells analyzed in this study: biconcave RBCs or predominantly biconcave intermediate-shaped RBCs (red); predominantly polyhedral intermediate-shaped RBCs or polyhedral compressed RBCs (polyhedrocytes) (purple); platelets (yellow); fibrin (green). Representative SEM visualization of thrombi ultrastructure in patients without DM (B, C) and patients with ahDM (D, E). Scale bar (SEM) = 10 μm (B, D); 1 μm (C, E). F Comparison of polyhedral RBC (polyhedrocytes) content in patients with ahDM and without DM. ahDM, admission hyperglycemia diabetes mellitus; SEM, scanning electron microscopy; RBC, red blood cell

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