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. 2020 Oct;59(5):102848.
doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2020.102848. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Convalescent plasma from COVID 19 patients enhances intensive care unit survival rate. A preliminary report

Italo Cantore  1 , Paola Valente  2
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Convalescent plasma from COVID 19 patients enhances intensive care unit survival rate. A preliminary report

Italo Cantore et al. Transfus Apher Sci. 2020 Oct.
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Authors declares no conflict of interests, no financial relationships that could influence authors actions, no financial interest, relationships or affiliations relevant to the subject of the manuscript.

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Death rate (black bar) and survival one (grey bar) of ICU patients in both groups (p = 0,0019).
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