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Increased serum erythropoietin concentration after allogeneic compared with autologous blood transfusion

✍ Scribed by A Åvall; M Hyllner; B Swolin; J.P Bengtson; L Carlsson; A Bengtsson


Book ID
117788549
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
134 KB
Volume
27
Category
Article
ISSN
1473-0502

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