A survey of Canadian neonatal blood transfusion practices

Transfusion Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-80

  Hume, Heather ^a   Blanchette, Victor ^b   Strauss, Ronald G ^c   Levy, Gary J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Louisiana Blood Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

EID: 0030751477     PISSN: 09553886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3886(96)00079-3     Document Type: Article

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