Platelet Counting

Platelets

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 547-557

  Harrison, Paul ^a   Briggs, Carol ^b  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84882614289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387837-3.00027-4     Document Type: Chapter

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