Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 200-208 , July 1997

The evolution of transfusion medicine as a stand alone discipline

  • Piero Borzini

      Affiliations

    • Servizio Immunotrasfusionale e Laboratorio di Ematologia, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
    • Servizio Immunoematologia e Trasfusionale, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Piero Borzini, MD Director Servizio Immunoematologia e Trasfusionale, Ospedale Santo Spirito, Viale Giolitti 2, 15033 Casale Monferrato AL, Italy.
  • ,
  • Paola Nembri

      Affiliations

    • Servizio Immunotrasfusionale e Laboratorio di Ematologia, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
    • Servizio Immunoematologia e Trasfusionale, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
  • ,
  • Franco Biffoni

      Affiliations

    • Servizio Immunotrasfusionale e Laboratorio di Ematologia, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
    • Servizio Immunoematologia e Trasfusionale, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy

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doi: 10.1053/tmrv.1997.0110200

Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 200-208 , July 1997