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Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Department of Anatomy

Pretorius, E

MSc(Stell) PhD(Pret) - Professor

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Telephone number: 012 319 2533
Fax number: 012 319 2240
E-mail address: resia.pretorius@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Cell Biology

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Pretorius E: 2009. The role of alternative and complementary treatments of asthma. Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research, 34 (1-2), pp 15-26.

Pretorius E, Oberholzer HM, Becker PJ: 2009. Comparing the cytotoxic potential of Withania somnifera water and methanol extracts. African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 6 (3), pp 275-280, Full Text

Pretorius E, Oberholzer HM, Vieira WA, Smit E: 2009. Ultrastructure of platelets and fibrin networks of asthmatic mice exposed to selenium and Withania somnifera. Anatomical Science International, 84 (3) / Sep, pp 210-217.

Pretorius E, Oberholzer HM: 2009. Ultrastructural changes of platelets and fibrin networks in human asthma: A qualitative case study. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis, 20, pp 146-149.

Pretorius E, Bronkhorst PDT, Briedenhann SE, Smit E, Franz RC: 2009. Comparisons of the fibrin networks during pregnancy, non-pregnancy and pregnancy during dysfibrinogenaemia using the scanning electron microscope. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis, 20 (1) / Jan, pp 12-16.

Humphries P, Pretorius E: 2009. Addressing comments by JD Fernstrom. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 63, pp 695-702.

Pretorius E, Smit E, Oberholzer HM, Steyn E, Briedenhann SE, Franz RC: 2009. Investigating the ultrastructure of platelets of HIV patients treated with the immuno-regulator, Canova: A qualitative scanning electron microscopy study. Histology and Histopathology, 24, pp 399-405.

Smit E, Oberholzer HM, Pretorius E: 2009. A review of immunomodulators with reference to CanovaR. Homeopathy, 98, pp 169-176.

Oettle AC, Pretorius E, Steyn M: 2009. Geometric morphometric analysis of the use of mandibular gonial eversion in sex determination. HOMO-Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 60, pp 29-43.

Pretorius E, Vieira WA, Oberholzer HM, Auer REJ: 2009. Comparative scanning electron microscopy of platelets and fibrin networks of humans and different animals. International Journal Of Morphology, 27 (1), pp 69-76, Full Text

Oberholzer HM, Vieira WA, Pretorius E: 2009. Investigating the effect of the homeopathic immunomodulator, MODUL8 on blood count, bronchial lavage and fibrin ultrastructure on experimental astmatic BALB/c mice. International Journal of Morphology, 27 (3), pp 955-963, Full Text

Oberholzer HM, Pretorius E: 2009. Investigating lung remodeling in ModulBR-treated BALB/c asthmatic animals. Micron, 40, pp 775-782.

Pretorius E, Bornman MS, Reif S, Oberholzer HM, Franz RC: 2009. Ultrastructural changes of platelet aggregates and fibrin networks in a patient with renal clear cell adenocarcinoma: A scanning electron microscopy study. Microscopy Research and Technique, 72, pp 679-683.

van der Spuy W, Pretorius E: 2009. Is the use of resveratrol in the treatment and prevention of obesity premature?. Nutrition Research Reviews, 22, pp 111-117, Full Text

Pretorius E: 2009. The role of platelet and fibrin ultrastructure in identifying disease patterns. Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis, 36, pp 251-258.

Pretorius E: 2009. The role of serotonin and cholesterol in asthma. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 33, pp 910-911.

Potgieter M, Pretorius E, Oberholzer HM: 2009. Qualitative electron microscopic analysis of cultured chick embryonic cardiac and skeletal muscle cells: The cellular effect of coenzyme Q10 after exposure to Triton X-100. Ultrastructural Pathology, 33, pp 93-101.

Pretorius E, Oberholzer HM, van der Spuy W, Meiring JH: 2009. Macrothrombocytopenia: Investigating the ultrastructure of platelets and fibrin networks using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Ultrastructural Pathology, 33, pp 216-221.

 

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