Platelet counting

Platelets

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 475-483

  Briggs, Carol ^a   Harrison, Paul ^b   Machin, Samuel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 69349087057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369367-9/50786-2     Document Type: Chapter

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