Appropriateness in Laboratory Hematology;Appropriatezza in Ematologia di Laboratorio

Rivista Italiana della Medicina di Laboratorio

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-129

  Cappelletti, Piero ^a  

^a S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LABORATORY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

EID: 33747811755     PISSN: 1825859X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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