Preparation and staining methods for blood and bone marrow films

Dacie and Lewis Practical Haematology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 59-77

  Bain, Barbara J ^a   Lewis, Mitchell ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-44-306660-4/50008-8     Document Type: Chapter

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