Old blood, new blood or better stored blood?

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 217-219

  Liumbruno, Giancarlo Maria ^a   AuBuchon, James P ^b  

^a SAN GIOVANNI CALIBITA FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b PUGET SOUND BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CIRCULATION; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS;

EID: 78049280700     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2010.0060-10     Document Type: Editorial

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