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Comment
. 2011 Jan;9(1):107.
doi: 10.2450/2010.0015-10. Epub 2010 Feb 15.

Albumin is not a buffer in plasma

Rainer Gatz, Paul Elbers
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Albumin is not a buffer in plasma

Rainer Gatz et al. Blood Transfus. 2011 Jan.
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