Details

Title

Outcomes of Jehovah’s Witnesses with hematological malignancies treated without transfusions — single center experience

Journal title

Folia Medica Cracoviensia

Yearbook

2020

Volume

Vol. 60

Issue

No 4

Affiliation

Drozd-Sokołowska, Joanna Ewa : Department of Hematology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland ; Waszczuk-Gajda, Anna : Department of Hematology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland ; Dwilewicz-Trojaczek, Jadwiga : Department of Hematology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland ; Walesiak, Alicja : Department of Hematology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland ; Krzyżanowska, Monika : Department of Hematology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland ; Paluszewska, Monika : Department of Hematology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland ; Wieczorek, Jolanta : Department of Hematology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland ; Wiktor-Jędrzejczak, Wiesław : Department of Hematology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Authors

Keywords

Jehovah’s Witnesses ; leukemia ; lymphoma ; blood transfusion ; platelet transfusion

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Medyczne

Coverage

53-64

Publisher

Oddział PAN w Krakowie; Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Collegium Medicum

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Date

2021.04.08

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/fmc.2020.136204

Source

Folia Medica Cracoviensia; 2020; Vol. 60; No 4; 53-64
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