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Comment
. 2019 Jun 13;23(1):218.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2498-2.

Benefits of red blood cell transfusion in patients with traumatic brain injury

Weimin Zhang  1 , Kailei Du  1 , Xuping Chen  2
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Benefits of red blood cell transfusion in patients with traumatic brain injury

Weimin Zhang et al. Crit Care. .
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Forest plot of subgroup comparisons of mortality and GOS. GOS Glasgow Outcome Scale
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Survival analysis for the 180-month follow-up
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