Outcome of red blood cell transfusion: ladies first, but perhaps not in donation

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Nicole P Juffermans. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;10(2):641-643.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.75.

¹ Department of Intensive Care and Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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