Lessons from the INTERVAL study

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¹ Department of Donor Studies, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam 1066CX, Netherlands. Electronic address: k.vandenhurk@sanquin.nl.
² Units Donor Affairs and Transfusion Medicine, Sanquin Blood Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
³ Department of Donor Studies, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam 1066CX, Netherlands.

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Katja van den Hurk et al. Lancet. 2018.

. 2018 Jun 30;391(10140):2604-2605.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30795-5.

¹ Department of Donor Studies, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam 1066CX, Netherlands. Electronic address: k.vandenhurk@sanquin.nl.
² Units Donor Affairs and Transfusion Medicine, Sanquin Blood Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
³ Department of Donor Studies, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam 1066CX, Netherlands.

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Lessons from the INTERVAL study - Authors' reply.
Di Angelantonio E, Thompson SG, Kaptoge S, Roberts DJ, Danesh J. Di Angelantonio E, et al. Lancet. 2018 Jun 30;391(10140):2606. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30760-8. Lancet. 2018. PMID: 30070221 No abstract available.

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