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Editorial
. 2013 Jul;11(3):330-2.
doi: 10.2450/2013.0043-13. Epub 2013 Mar 19.

High-risk anaemic Jehovah's Witness patients should be managed in the intensive care unit

Andrei M Beliaev
Editorial

High-risk anaemic Jehovah's Witness patients should be managed in the intensive care unit

Andrei M Beliaev. Blood Transfus. 2013 Jul.
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ROC curve: Nadir haemoglobin concentration as a predictor of Jehovah’s Witness patients mortality.
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