Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 183-193 , June 2007

TRALI – Definition, mechanisms, incidence and clinical relevance

  • Pearl Toy, MD (Professor of Laboratory Medicine)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 415 353 1671; Fax: +1 415 476 9815.
  • Clifford Lowell, MD, PhD (Chairman and Professor of Laboratory Medicine)

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    • Tel.: +1 415 476 2540; Fax: +1 415 502 6497.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.01.003

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 183-193 , June 2007

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