Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 232-236 , July 2009

Blood Transfusion in World War I: The Roles of Lawrence Bruce Robertson and Oswald Hope Robertson in the “Most Important Medical Advance of the War”

  • Lynn G. Stansbury
    • ,
  • John R. Hess

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to John R. Hess, MD, MPH, FACP, FAAAS, Professor of Pathology and Medicine, Blood Bank, N2W50a, University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 South Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201.

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2009.03.007

Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 232-236 , July 2009

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