Choosing the optimal endpoint(s) for a clinical trial on transfusion
✍ Scribed by Jean-François Hardy; Richard B. Weiskopf
- Book ID
- 110744181
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 34 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0372-1248
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