Basic haematological techniques

Dacie and Lewis Practical Haematology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 25-57

  Bain, Barbara J ^a   Lewis, S Mitchell ^b   Bates, Imelda ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-44-306660-4/50007-6     Document Type: Chapter

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