Thomas Addis of Edinburgh (1881-1949) and the coagulation cascade: 'For the greatest benefit done to practical medicine'

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-276

  Doyle, Derek ^a  

^a Department of Palliative Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coagulation cascade; Edinburgh; Free Church of Scotland; Thomas Addis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAREER; CLERGY; EMOTION; FAMILY; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LIFE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEPHROLOGIST; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR; ART; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; HEMATOLOGY; HISTORY; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

PROTHROMBIN; THROMBIN;

BLOOD COAGULATION; FAMILY; HEMATOLOGY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEPHROLOGY; PORTRAITS; PROTHROMBIN; SCOTLAND; THROMBIN; UNITED STATES; WHOLE BLOOD COAGULATION TIME;

EID: 33644862003     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05854.x     Document Type: Review

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