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Editorial
. 2025 Sep-Oct;23(5):385-388.
doi: 10.2450/BloodTransfus.1138.

Assessing RBC transfusion efficacy in chronic transfusion recipients: advancing precision transfusion medicine

Philip J Norris  1   2   3 , Michael P Busch  1   2
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Editorial

Assessing RBC transfusion efficacy in chronic transfusion recipients: advancing precision transfusion medicine

Philip J Norris et al. Blood Transfus. 2025 Sep-Oct.
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The Authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1
Summary of REDS-III RBC Omics publications A) The number of publications resulting from the REDS III RBC-omics project and use of its repository and database is listed by year. The active period of REDS III funding is indicated by the shaded area. B) A network analysis of the REDS III RBC-omics publications was performed. Each circle represents one publication (No.=56). The predominant thematic regions for clustered publications are listed, with each cluster interconnected with multiple topic nodes.
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