Platelet transfusion

Haematologica

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1121-1122

  Coluccio, Elena ^a   Rebulla, Paolo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

BLEEDING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0036854292     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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