Does red blood cell storage affect clinical outcome? When in doubt, do the experiment

Editorial

Marie E Steiner et al. Transfusion. 2009 Jul.

. 2009 Jul;49(7):1286-90.

doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02265.x.

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