John Richard O'Brien
John Richard O'Brien (6 November 1915 - 27 October 2002), was a British haematologist, who worked on platelets, which he recognised the importance of in coronary thrombosis. Along with R. G. Macfarlane he gave the first description of Haemophilia B, then known as Christmas disease.[1][2][3]
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- ^ Green, Peter J. (18 January 2003). "John Richard O'Brien". British Medical Journal. 326 (7381): 167j–167. doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7381.167/j. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1128911.
- ^ Elwood, Peter (January 2003). "John Richard O'Brien, haematologist born 6 November 1915; died 27 October 2002, aged 86". Platelets. 14 (3): 199. doi:10.1080/0953710001158. ISSN 0953-7104. S2CID 70700987.
- ^ Jeffreys, Diarmuid (2010). Aspirin: The Extraordinary Story of a Wonder Drug. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 151, 214. ISBN 978-1-4088-2042-1.
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