Blood Reviews
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 149-155 , July 2009

Blood and coagulation support in trauma

  • Sarah B. Murthi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Lynn G. Stansbury

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma Anesthesia, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • John R. Hess

      Affiliations

    • The Departments of Pathology and Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Blood Bank, N2W50a, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +410 328 3834; fax: +410 328 6816.

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doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2008.12.001

Blood Reviews
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 149-155 , July 2009

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