Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 195-208 , June 2007

The impact of storage on red cell function in blood transfusion

  • Can Ince, PhD (Professor of Clinical Physiology)

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PII: S1521-6896(07)00004-3

doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.01.004

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 195-208 , June 2007

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