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Editorial
. 2020 Jun;30(3):174-176.
doi: 10.1111/tme.12700.

Convalescent plasma for COVID-19: Back to the future

David J Roberts  1   2 , Gail Miflin  3 , Lise Estcourt  1
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Editorial

Convalescent plasma for COVID-19: Back to the future

David J Roberts et al. Transfus Med. 2020 Jun.
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  • Early safety indicators of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in 5000 patients.
    Joyner MJ, Wright RS, Fairweather D, Senefeld JW, Bruno KA, Klassen SA, Carter RE, Klompas AM, Wiggins CC, Shepherd JR, Rea RF, Whelan ER, Clayburn AJ, Spiegel MR, Johnson PW, Lesser ER, Baker SE, Larson KF, Ripoll JG, Andersen KJ, Hodge DO, Kunze KL, Buras MR, Vogt MN, Herasevich V, Dennis JJ, Regimbal RJ, Bauer PR, Blair JE, Van Buskirk CM, Winters JL, Stubbs JR, Paneth NS, Verdun NC, Marks P, Casadevall A. Joyner MJ, et al. J Clin Invest. 2020 Sep 1;130(9):4791-4797. doi: 10.1172/JCI140200. J Clin Invest. 2020. PMID: 32525844 Free PMC article.

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