The transfusion medicine specialist as a coagulation consultant: A new variant of therapeutic pathology

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2086-2093

  Tormey, Christopher A ^a   Smith, Brian R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSULTANTS; HUMANS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84883892641     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12012     Document Type: Review

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