Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 209-219 , June 2007

Efficacy of allogeneic red blood cell transfusions

  • Jean-Louis Vincent (Professor Head of Department)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium. Tel.: +32 2 555 3380; Fax: +32 2 555 4555.

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PII: S1521-6896(07)00005-5

doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.01.005

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 209-219 , June 2007

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