Predictors of peri-operative red blood cell transfusion in lung transplantation
β Scribed by Martin Ma; Peter Slinger; Marc De Perrot; Keyvan Karkouti; Karen McRae
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 13 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1496-8975
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