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Comment
. 2017 Feb;9(2):E146-E148.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.02.03.

Effect of "old" versus "fresh" transfused red blood cells on patients' outcome: probably more complex than appears

Olivier Garraud  1
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Effect of "old" versus "fresh" transfused red blood cells on patients' outcome: probably more complex than appears

Olivier Garraud. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Feb.
No abstract available

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Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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