Laboratory Diagnostics in Thrombosis and Hemostasis: The Past, the Present, and the Future

Emmanuel J. Favaloro; Giuseppe Lippi; Massimo Franchini

doi:10.1055/s-0028-1104536

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Table of Contents

Semin Thromb Hemost 2008; 34(7): 579-583
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1104536

PREFACE

Laboratory Diagnostics in Thrombosis and Hemostasis: The Past, the Present, and the Future

Emmanuel J. Favaloro¹ , Giuseppe Lippi² , Massimo Franchini³

¹Department of Haematology, ICPMR, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW Australia
²Sezione di Chimica Clinica, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy
³Immunohematology and Transfusion Centre, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy

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