Time-to-death is a potential confounder in observational studies of blood transfusion in severe malaria

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¹ Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: james@tropmedres.ac.
² Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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James A Watson et al. Lancet Haematol. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;8(1):e12.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(20)30395-1. Epub 2020 Dec 22.

¹ Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: james@tropmedres.ac.
² Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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Time-to-death is a potential confounder in observational studies of blood transfusion in severe malaria - Authors' reply.
Ackerman H, Olola CHO, Krishna S, Roberts DJ, Kremsner PG, Newton CR, Taylor T, Valim C, Casals-Pascual C. Ackerman H, et al. Lancet Haematol. 2021 Jan;8(1):e12-e13. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(20)30412-9. Epub 2020 Dec 22. Lancet Haematol. 2021. PMID: 33357473 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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