## Abstract Transfusionβdependency is associated with poor prognosis in patients with MDS although the causal link for such association is disputed. This study tests thee hypotheses on the association between transfusion burden and prognosis in the MDS: (1) the cumulative transfusion burden is a co
Acute pulmonary edema associated with transfusion of packed red blood cells
β Scribed by M. Kawamata; M. Miyabe; K. Omote; S. Sumita; A. Namiki
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 347 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1238
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