It's time to end RBC shortages

Transfusion

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1658-1660

  Gilcher, Ronald O ^a  

^a Oklahoma Blood Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHERESIS; AUTOMATION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD DONORS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344735799     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0041-1132.2003.00634.x     Document Type: Editorial

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